Ylldren Ibrahimaj

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Ylldren Ibrahimaj
Ibrahimaj with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Arendal, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lillestrøm
Number 7
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)
2021–2022 Ural Yekaterinburg 9 (0)
2022– Lillestrøm 59 (4)
International career‡
2020 Kosovo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2020

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

Club career[edit]

Early career and Mjøndalen[edit]

Ibrahimaj was part of the youth team of IK Grane until December 2011. From 2012, he played for the club of his birthplace, Arendal for five years and made 129 league appearances and scored fourteen goals.

On 22 December 2017, Ibrahimaj signed a four-year contract with 1. divisjon club Mjøndalen.[3] On 2 April 2018, he made his debut against Florø after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 1–1 home draw.[4]

Viking[edit]

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.[5]

On 20 July 2018, Ibrahimaj joined 1. divisjon side Viking, on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[5] 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.[6]

Ural Yekaterinburg[edit]

On 16 January 2021, Ibrahimaj signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg and received squad number 17.[7] On 28 February 2021, he made his debut in a 2–2 away draw against Krasnodar after being named in the starting line-up.[8]

Lillestrøm[edit]

On 7 February 2022, Ibrahimaj signed a three-year contract with Eliteserien club Lillestrøm and received squad number 20.[9]

International career[edit]

On 22 May 2019, Ibrahimaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and Bulgaria,[10] but he was not available for these matches after FIFA did not permit him to play for Kosovo due to problems with his documentation.[11] His debut with Kosovo came on 13 January 2020 in a friendly match against Sweden after being named in the starting line-up.[12]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 17 September 2023[13]
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 — 1[a] 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
Lillestrøm 2022 Eliteserien 30 4 5 0 — 35 4
2023 21 0 5 0 — 26 0
Total 51 4 10 0 — 61 4
Career total 261 33 32 7 1 0 294 40
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League

International[edit]

As of 13 January 2020[2][14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Kosovo 2020 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours[edit]

Viking[13]

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ylldren Ibrahimaj at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Ylldren Ibrahimaj at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Henter Arendal-stjerneskudd" [Fetching Arendal sparklers] (in Norwegian). Mjøndalen IF. 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Mjøndalen vs. Florø 1–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Velkommen, Ylldren!" [Welcome, Ylldren!] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 20 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Viking–Jerv" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 22 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Илльдрен Ибрахимай – новичок ФК "Урал"!" [Ylldren Ibrahimaj is the newcomer of FC Ural!] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 16 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Krasnodar vs. Ural 2–2". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Ylldren Ibrahimaj klar for LSK: – Jeg gleder meg veldig" [Ylldren Ibrahimaj ready for LSK: – I'm really looking forward to it] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 7 February 2022.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.
  13. ^ a b Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ "Ylldren Ibrahimaj". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.

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