Ylldren Ibrahimaj

Ylldren Ibrahimaj (born 24 December 1995) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg and the Kosovo national team.

Ylldren Ibrahimaj

Personal information
Full name	Ylldren Ibrahimaj
Date of birth	24 December 1995
Place of birth	Arendal, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Ural Yekaterinburg
Number	17
Youth career
0000–2011	IK Grane
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2017	Arendal	129	(14)
2018	Mjøndalen	15	(1)
2018–2020	Viking	67	(13)
2021–	Ural Yekaterinburg	0	(0)
National team^‡
2020–	Kosovo	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2020 ‡ 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

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]

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]

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 16 January 2021, Ibrahimaj signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg and receiving squad number 17.[4]

International career

On 22 May 2019, Ibrahimaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and Bulgaria,[5] 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.[6] On 13 January 2020, Ibrahimaj made his debut with Kosovo in a friendly match against Sweden after being named in the starting line-up.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 December 2020[8][9]

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	2	3	1	—		18	3
	Total		15	2	3	1	—		18	3
Viking	2018	1. divisjon	11	3	0	0	—		11	3
	2019	Eliteserien	27	3	6	2	—		33	5
	2020		29	7	0	0	1	0	30	7
	Total		67	13	6	2	1	0	74	15
Ural Yekaterinburg	2020–21	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			211	29	19	7	1	0	231	36

Honours

Club

Viking

• 1. divisjon: 2018
• Norwegian Football Cup: 2019

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. "Илльдрен Ибрахимай – новичок ФК «Урал»!" [Ylldren Ibrahimaj is the newcomer of FC Ural!] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 16 January 2021.
5. "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.
6. "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
7. "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.
8. Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
9. "Ylldren Ibrahimaj" (in Norwegian). AltomFotball. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

External links

• Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway
• Ylldren Ibrahimaj at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)