Florent Shehu

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Florent Shehu
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Pontarlier, France [1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rijeka
Youth career
Yverdon-Sport
FC Basel
Lausanne-Sport
2013–2014 Barcelona
2014–2015 Valencia
2015–2016 FC Basel
2016–2019 Levante
2019–2022 Lazio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Luzern U21 16 (0)
2023–2024 Adana Demirspor 6 (0)
2024Zrinski Osječko 1664 (loan) 0 (0)
2025 Opatija 18 (1)
2026– Rijeka
International career
2018 Switzerland U17 2 (0)
2019 Albania U19 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 January 2026

Florent Shehu (born 17 May 2002) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Croatian club Rijeka. Born in France and raised in Switzerland, he is a youth international for Albania.

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Early life

Shehu was born in 2002 in France. He grew up in Yverdon, Switzerland. [2]

Career

Shehu is a youth product of Yverdon-Sport, FC Basel, Lausanne-Sport, Barcelona, Valencia, Levante, Lazio and Luzern. In 2023, Shehu signed for Turkish side Adana Demirspor. On 27 January 2024, he debuted for the club during a 0–1 loss to Hatayspor. [3] He was subsequently loaned to Zrinski Osječko 1664 in Croatia [4] but played no matches there.

International career

Shehu was born in France to Albanian parents, and moved to Switzerland at a young age and holds all three nationalities. He is a former youth international for Switzerland, having played twice for the Switzerland U17s in 2018. [5] In 2019, he played twice for the Albania U19s. [6]


References

  1. "Florent Shehu transferohet në Turqi". Bota Sot.
  2. "Un talent yverdonnois fait ses gammes sur les pelouses d'Espagne". laregion.ch. 28 August 2018.
  3. "İlk Kez Forma Giydi: Adana Demirsporlu Genç Yıldız İlk Sınavını Verdi". 5ocakgazetesi.com. 28 January 2024.
  4. Adana Demirspor'da ayrılık! Hırvatistan'a gitti at kucuksaat.com
  5. "Live Sport und News".
  6. "After Balotelli, Adana presents an Albanian - KOHA.net".