Ylldren Ibrahimaj

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Ylldren Ibrahimaj
Ylldren Ibrahimaj 2021.jpg
Ibrahimaj with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Arendal, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Ural Yekaterinburg
Youth career
0000–2011 IK Grane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Arendal 129 (14)
2018 Mjøndalen 15 (1)
2018–2020 Viking 68 (14)
2021– Ural Yekaterinburg 9 (0)
National team‡
2020– Kosovo 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2020

Ylldren Ibrahimaj (born 24 December 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg. His primary position is a winger, but he can also play as an attacking midfielder or central midfielder. Born in Norway, Ibrahimaj represents Kosovo internationally.[2]

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.[3]

Viking[]

Viking is a big club in Norway, and a club everyone wants to play for. It is obvious that they belong in the Eliteserien, and I want to help get them up there again.

— Ibrahimaj after the transfer to Viking, July 2018.[4]

On 20 July 2018, Ibrahimaj joined 1. divisjon side Viking, on a two and a half year contract.[4] 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.[5]

Ural Yekaterinburg[]

On 16 January 2021, Ibrahimaj signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg and received squad number 17.[6]

International career[]

On 22 May 2019, Ibrahimaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and Bulgaria,[7] 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.[8] On 13 January 2020, Ibrahimaj made his debut with Kosovo in a friendly match against Sweden after being named in the starting line-up.[9]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 27 October 2021[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division 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 1 3 1 — 18 2
Viking 2018 11 3 0 0 — 11 3
2019 Eliteserien 28 4 7 2 — 35 6
2020 29 7 0 0 1 0 30 7
Total 68 14 7 2 1 0 76 16
Ural Yekaterinburg 2020–21 Russian Premier League 6 0 1 0 — 7 0
2021–22 3 0 1 0 — 4 0
Total 9 0 2 0 — 11 0
Career total 221 29 22 7 1 0 244 36

Honours[]

Club[]

Viking[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Ylldren Ibrahimaj at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Ylldren Ibrahimaj". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Henter Arendal-stjerneskudd" [Fetching Arendal sparklers] (in Norwegian). Mjøndalen IF. 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Velkommen, Ylldren!" [Welcome, Ylldren!] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 20 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Viking–Jerv" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 22 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Илльдрен Ибрахимай – новичок ФК "Урал"!" [Ylldren Ibrahimaj is the newcomer of FC Ural!] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 16 January 2021.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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
  9. ^ "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.
  10. ^ a b Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Ylldren Ibrahimaj". Altomfotball (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.

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