Education
Eligible to play for Albania, he chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005.
Eligible to play for Albania, he chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005.
Born in Tirana but moved to Austria in 1997, Gërçaliu came up through the ranks at Sturm Graz, becoming first-team mainstay in 2004-2005 season and also played professionally for Salzburg and In summer 2008 he rejoined Salzburg after only one and a half season at. On 28 June 2009, it was announced that Gërçaliu signed with South Carolina Wiener Neustadt for the new season.
After one season he left South Carolina Wiener Neustadt and signed for German club Football Club Ingolstadt 04.
On January 3, 2014 he signed a two-year contract with Universitatea Cluj and, after a season playing for South Carolina Rheindorf Altach, in July 2015 he signed a contract with KF Tirana, the team of the city where he was born. He is of Albanian origin but chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005 and then made his debut for Austria in an August 2005 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at Euro 2008.