Ylldren Ibrahimaj

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.

Ylldren Ibrahimaj
Personal information
Full name Ylldren Ibrahimaj
Date of birth (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995
Place of birth Arendal, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Viking
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2011 IK Grane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Arendal 129 (14)
2018 Mjøndalen 15 (1)
2018– Viking 38 (6)
National team‡
2019– Kosovo 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2020

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
As of match played 24 November 2019[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arendal 2012 3. divisjon 4010——50
2013 2. divisjon 24110——251
2014 24120——261
2015 24231——273
2016 25810——268
2017 1. divisjon 28223——305
Total 12914104——13918
Mjøndalen 2018 1. divisjon 15231——183
Total 15231——183
Viking 2018 1. divisjon 11300——113
2019 Eliteserien 27362——335
Total 38662——448
Career total 18222197——19129

Honours

Club
Viking

References
  1. "Henter Arendal-stjerneskudd" [Fetching Arendal sparklers] (in Norwegian). Mjøndalen IF. 22 December 2017.
  2. "Velkommen, Ylldren!" [Welcome, Ylldren!] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 20 July 2018.
  3. "Viking–Jerv" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 22 July 2018.
  4. "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.
  5. "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
  6. Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway
  7. "Ylldren Ibrahimaj" (in Norwegian). AltomFotball. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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