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 Riihimäki, Finland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Honka 0 (0)
2018–2020 Honka II 31 (0)
2020–2024 Ilves 89 (3)
2020 → Ilves II 1 (0)
2025– KuPS 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Finland U17 5 (0)
2019 Finland U18 2 (0)
2021 Finland U20 2 (0)
2023 Kosovo U21 2 (0)
2024– Finland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Doni Arifi (born 11 April 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for KuPS 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] He missed most of the 2023 season due to injury, but contributed in four cup matches as Ilves won the 2023 Finnish Cup title.

In January 2025, Arifi left Ilves and signed with KuPS. [6]

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. [7] In August 2024, Arifi stated in an interview that he is still open to represent the country from which he receives the first full international call-up. He respects Finland where he was born and raised and educated as a player, and Kosovo as his parents' home country. [8]

On 28 August 2024, Arifi was called-up by head coach Mika Lehkosuo to the Finland U21 squad for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Armenia and Romania. [9]

Career statistics

As of 19 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Honka 2018 Veikkausliiga 0010––10
2019 Veikkausliiga0040––40
Total0050000050
Honka Akatemia2018 Kakkonen 140–––140
2019Kakkonen160–––160
2020 Kakkonen1011––21
Total310110000321
Ilves II 2020 Kakkonen10–––10
Ilves 2020 Veikkausliiga9000–1 [c] 0100
2021 Veikkausliiga23030––260
2022 Veikkausliiga2602040–320
2023 Veikkausliiga804050–170
2024 Veikkausliiga23310604 [d] 0343
Total893100150501193
KuPS 2025 Veikkausliiga0000000000
Career total1213161150501574

Honours

Ilves

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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. ↑ KuPS ja Do­ni Ari­fi pe­laa­ja­so­pi­muk­seen, kups.fi, 31 January 2025
  7. ↑ D.Arifi, worldfootball
  8. ↑ Ilves-tähti Doni Arifi sisuuntui pelikaverien ja opettajien reaktioista – Jarkko Wissin esittämä kysymys sai napakan vastauksen, Aamulehti, 15 August 2024
  9. ↑ Pikkuhuuhkajat nimetty syyskuun otteluihin, Finnish FA, 28 August 2024
  10. ↑ Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024
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