Ylldren Ibrahimaj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Arendal, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viking | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | IK Grane | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Arendal | 129 | (14) |
| 2018 | Mjøndalen | 15 | (1) |
| 2018– | Viking | 38 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Kosovo | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 January 2020 | |||
Ylldren Ibrahimaj (born 24 December 1995) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwegian club Viking and the Kosovo national team.
Club career
Early career
Ibrahimaj was part of the youth team of IK Grane until 2011. Since 2012, he played for the club of his birthplace, Arendal for five years and made 129 league appearances. On 22 December 2017, Ibrahimaj joined 1. divisjon side Mjøndalen, on a four-year contract.[1]
Viking is a big club in Norway, and a club everyone wants to play for. It is obvious that they belong to the Eliteserien, and I will help to get them up there again.
— Ibrahimaj after the transfer to Viking, July 2018.[2]
Viking
On 20 July 2018, Ibrahimaj joined 1. divisjon side Viking, on a two and a half year contract.[2] Two days later, he made his debut in a 4–1 home win against Jerv after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Usman Sale.[3]
International career
On 22 May 2019, Ibrahimaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and Bulgaria,[4] he is not available in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Montenegro that FIFA does not permitting to play for Kosovo due to problems with documentations.[5]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arendal | 2012 | 3. divisjon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | 2. divisjon | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2015 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||||
| 2016 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 8 | ||||
| 2017 | 1. divisjon | 28 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 30 | 5 | |||
| Total | 129 | 14 | 10 | 4 | — | — | 139 | 18 | ||||
| Mjøndalen | 2018 | 1. divisjon | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||||
| Viking | 2018 | 1. divisjon | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | Eliteserien | 27 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
| Total | 38 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 44 | 8 | ||||
| Career total | 182 | 22 | 19 | 7 | — | — | 191 | 29 | ||||
Honours
Club
- Viking
References
- ^ "Henter Arendal-stjerneskudd" [Fetching Arendal sparklers] (in Norwegian). Mjøndalen IF. 22 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Velkommen, Ylldren!" [Welcome, Ylldren!] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Viking–Jerv" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Bernard Challandes publikon listën e futbollistëve për dy ndeshjet e qershorit" [Bernard Challandes publish the list of footballers for two June matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Challandes: Dy prurjet e reja të Kosovës, s'do të mund të luajnë kundër Malit të Zi" [Challandes: The two new newcomers of Kosovo, will not be able to play against Montenegro] (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 6 June 2019.
I pyetur nga gazetarët për tri prurjet e reja, Ibrahimaj, Dresheviq dhe Hadergjonaj, Challandes ka thënë se përveç Hadergjonajt, dy lojtarët e tjerë nuk do të paraqiten kundër Malit të Zi. Dresheviq dhe Ibrahimaj, nuk do të paraqiten pasi që ende nuk është kompletuar dokumentacioni i FIFA-s, kurse për Hadergjonaj – ai është gati për të luajtur, ka thënë Challandes
- ^ Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Ylldren Ibrahimaj" (in Norwegian). AltomFotball. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
External links
- Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway
- Ylldren Ibrahimaj at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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- Living people
- 1995 births
- People from Arendal
- Kosovo Albanians
- Kosovan footballers
- Kosovan expatriate footballers
- Kosovo international footballers
- Norwegian footballers
- Norwegian people of Kosovan descent
- Norwegian people of Albanian descent
- Association football midfielders
- 3. divisjon players
- 2. divisjon players
- 1. divisjon players
- Eliteserien players
- Arendal Fotball players
- Mjøndalen IF players
- Viking FK players
- Kosovan football biography stubs