Hekuran Kryeziu

Hekuran Kryeziu

Personal information
Full name	Hekuran Kryeziu
Date of birth	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth	Luzern, Switzerland
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2000–2004	Küssnacht a/R
2004–2011	Luzern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2018	Luzern	131	(3)
2014–2015	→ Vaduz (loan)	25	(0)
2018–2021	Zürich	68	(2)
National team‡
2010–2011	Switzerland U18	7	(0)
2011–2012	Switzerland U19	11	(0)
2012–2013	Switzerland U20	9	(0)
2013–2015	Switzerland U21	2	(0)
2015–	Kosovo	18	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 August 2020

Hekuran Kryeziu (born 12 February 1993) is an professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Kosovo national team. He previously played for the Switzerland under-21 team.

Early life[]

Kryeziu was born in Luzern, Switzerland from Kosovo Albanian parents from Gjilan.

Club career[]

Luzern[]

Kryeziu began his career in the youth teams of Luzern in 2004, when he was only 11 years old. After spending several years in the youth sector, he became part of the first team of Luzern in 2011. During the 2014–15 season was loaned to the Vaduz.^{[clarification needed]}.

Zürich[]

On 31 May 2018, Kryeziu signed to Swiss Super League side Zürich and signed a 3 year contract.^[1] On 22 July 2018, he made his debut in a 2–1 home win against Thun after being named in the starting line-up.

International career[]

Switzerland[]

Under-18[]

On 15 September 2010. Kryeziu making his debut with Switzerland U18 in a friendly match against Belgium U18 after coming on as a substitute at 73rd minute in place of Alessandro Martinelli.^{[clarification needed]}

Under-19[]

On 3 September 2011. Kryeziu making his debut with Switzerland U19 in a friendly match against Northern Ireland U19 after being named in the starting line-up.^{[clarification needed]}

Under-20[]

On 5 September 2012. Kryeziu making his debut with Switzerland U20 in a friendly match against Poland U20 after coming on as a substitute at 67th minute in place of Remo Freuler.^{[clarification needed]}

Under-21[]

On 6 February 2013. Kryeziu making his debut with Switzerland U21 in a friendly match against Slovakia U19 after being named in the starting line-up.^{[clarification needed]}

Kosovo[]

On 10 November 2015. Kryeziu received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania^[2][3] and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Eroll Zejnullahu.^[4][5]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 22 July 2018^[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Luzern	2010–11	Swiss Super League	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2011–12		16	0	4	0	—		20	0
	2012–13		17	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
	2013–14		10	0	0	0	—		10	0
Vaduz (loan)	2014–15		25	0	3	0	2	0	30	0
Luzern	2015–16		27	1	3	0	—		30	1
	2016–17		32	2	5	0	1	0	30	2
	2017–18		28	0	3	0	1	0	31	0
	Total		156	3	18	0	5	0	170	2
Zürich	2018–19	Swiss Super League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			157	3	18	0	5	0	171	2

International[]

As of 20 November 2018^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Kosovo
	2015	1	0
	2016	4	0
	2017	6	0
	2018	7	0
Total		18	0

References[]

External links[]

• Hekuran Kryeziu at Soccerway