Doni Arifi

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Doni Arifi
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Arifi with Ilves in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ilves
Number 6
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Honka II 31 (0)
2018–2020 Honka 0 (0)
2020 Ilves II 1 (0)
2020– Ilves 76 (3)
International career‡
2018 Finland U17 5 (0)
2019 Finland U18 2 (0)
2021 Finland U20 2 (0)
2023– Kosovo U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2024

Doni Arifi (born 11 April 2002) is a professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Ilves in Veikkausliiga, Finnish premier division. [1] [2]

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Club career

Arifi started to play football in FC Honka organisation, debuting in senior level with the club's reserve team in the third-tier Kakkonen in 2018.

In the early 2020, Arifi moved to Tampere and joined a fellow Veikkausliiga side Ilves. On 7 August 2021, he extended his contract with Ilves, on a deal until the end of 2024. [3] [4] [5]

International career

Born and raised in Finland, Arifi is a former youth international for the country, before switching his allegiance to Kosovo at under-21 level in 2023. [6]

Career statistics

As of 11 June 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Honka II2018 Kakkonen 140–––140
2019Kakkonen160–––160
2020 Kakkonen1011––21
Total310110000321
Honka 2018 Veikkausliiga 0010––10
2019 Veikkausliiga0040––40
2020 Veikkausliiga000000–00
Total0050000050
Ilves II 2020 Kakkonen10–––10
Ilves 2020 Veikkausliiga90001 [lower-alpha 2] 0–100
2021 Veikkausliiga23030––260
2022 Veikkausliiga26020–4 [lower-alpha 3] 0320
2023 Veikkausliiga8040–5 [lower-alpha 3] 0170
2024 Veikkausliiga10300006 [lower-alpha 3] 0163
Total76390101501013
Career total6100000061

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References

  1. ↑ Doni Arifi at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Profile at Veikkausliiga's website". Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Doni Arifi ja Ilves jatkosopimukseen - "Kohta on aika paljastaa salainen ase", Veikkausliiga, 7 August 2021
  4. ↑ DONI ARIFI JATKAA ILVEKSESSÄ PITKÄN JATKOSOPIMUKSEN TURVIN, ilvesedustus.fi, 7 August 2021
  5. ↑ Video: Rikkeestä suuttunut Ilveksen pelaaja kosti rumalla tempulla – raivo repesi: ”Ihan järkyttävää toimintaa”, Ilta-Sanomat, 26 September 2021
  6. ↑ D.Arifi, worldfootball


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