Shend Kelmendi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 September 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Pristina, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger[1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gjilani | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Prishtina | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | Prishtina | 67 | (11) |
2017 | Trepça'89 | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 1 | (0) |
2018 | → Trepça'89 (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2018 | Llapi | 7 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Flamurtari | 40 | (14) |
2020– | Gjilani | 50 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 |
Shend Kelmendi (born 21 September 1994) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gjilani.[2]
Club career
[edit]Prishtina
[edit]On 13 September 2013. Kelmendi made his debut with Prishtina in a Football Superleague of Kosovo match against Gjilani after coming on as a substitute at 29th minute in place of Liridon Latifi.[3]
Trepça'89
[edit]On 22 July 2017. Kelmendi signed to Football Superleague of Kosovo side Trepça'89.[4]
Skënderbeu Korçë
[edit]On 10 August 2017. Kelmendi completed a transfer to Skënderbeu Korçë by signing for the next three seasons and received squad number 9.[5] One day later, the club confirmed that Kelmendi had joined on a permanent transfer.[6]
On 6 September 2017. Kelmendi made his competitive debut for the club in the first leg of 2017–18 Albanian Cup first round, scoring the opener in an 8–0 thrashing of Adriatiku Mamurras.[7] Later, on 29 November 2017. Kelmendi was on the score-sheet again in this competition, where he netted the lone goal of the match against Besëlidhja Lezhë for the second round.[8]
He made his first Albanian Superliga appearance on 22 December by entering in the last minutes of the 3–1 home win over Teuta Durrës.[9]
Loan to Trepça'89
[edit]On 20 January 2018, Kelmendi was sent on loan at Football Superleague of Kosovo outfit KF Trepça'89 for the remainder of the season.[10]
KF Llapi
[edit]On 17 June 2018, Kelmendi signed for KF Llapi on a 2-year deal.[11]
KF Flamurtari
[edit]On 27 December 2018, it was announced that Kelmendi had signed with KF Flamurtari.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 20 January 2018[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Prishtina | 2013–14 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 16 | 2 | — | 16 | 2 | |||||
2014–15 | — | |||||||||||
2015–16 | 28 | 7 | — | 28 | 7 | |||||||
2016–17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 11 | ||
Trepça'89 | 2017–18 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Skënderbeu Korçë | 2017–18 | Albanian Superliga | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 3 | ||
Trepça'89 (loan) | 2017–18 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 69 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 15 |
- ^ Appearance in Kosovan Supercup
- ^ All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
References
[edit]- ^ Shend KELMENDI – Official Site Llapi Football Club, llapifc.com
- ^ Shend Kelmendi at Soccerway
- ^ "Shend Kelmendi falenderon" [Shend Kelmendi thanks] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Trepça'89 nënshkruan me Shend Kelmendin" [Trepça'89 signs with Shend Kelmendi] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 22 July 2017.
- ^ "ZYRTARE/Kelmendi bëhet korçar" [OFFICIAL/Kelmendi becomes korçar] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Skënderbeu sqaron: Kelmendin e kemi blerë" [Skënderbeu explains: We have bought Kelmendi] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Kupa e Shqipërisë/Skënderbeu provon të rinjtë me goleadë, Kukësi e Partizani mësojnë rivalët" [Albanian Cup/Skënderbeu tries the youths with goals, Kukësi and Partizani know their rivals] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Skënderbeut i mjafton Kelmendi në Lezhë, Daja: Të rinjtë duhet të përfitojnë" [Kelmendi is enough for Skënderbeu in Lezhë, Daja: The youngsters should benefit] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Skënderbeu Korçë vs. Teuta Durrës". Soccerway. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Kelmendi huazohet te Trepça'89" [Kelmendi is loaned to Trepca'89] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Zyrtare: Shend Kelmendi përforcon Llapin, llapifc.com, 17 June 2018
- ^ Zyrtare: Shend Kelmendi kalon te Flamurtari, telegrafi.com, 27 December 2018
- ^ "Shend Kelmendi". Soccerway.
External links
[edit]- Shend Kelmendi at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)
- Shend Kelmendi – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Pristina
- Kosovo Albanians
- Men's association football wingers
- Kosovan men's footballers
- FC Prishtina players
- KF Trepça '89 players
- KF Skënderbeu Korçë players
- KF Llapi players
- KF Flamurtari players
- SC Gjilani players
- Football Superleague of Kosovo players
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Kosovan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
- Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania