Ilir Krasniqi

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Ilir Krasniqi
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Bocholt, Germany [1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Polissya Zhytomyr
Number 16
Youth career
–2020 Fushë Kosova
2020–2021 KEK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Llapi 100 (4)
2024–2026 Kolos Kovalivka 36 (1)
2026– Polissya Zhytomyr 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Kosovo U19 2 (0)
2022 Kosovo U21 5 (1)
2022– Kosovo 17 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:40, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Ilir Krasniqi (born 2 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian Premier League club Polissya Zhytomyr. Born in Germany, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

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Club career

Llapi

On 23 December 2020, Krasniqi signed a five-year contract with Kosovo Superleague club Llapi, [2] and received squad number 16. [3]

Kolos Kovalivka

On 11 September 2024, Llapi announced the transfer of Krasniqi to Ukrainian Premier League club Kolos Kovalivka. [4] Five days later, the club confirmed that Krasniqi's transfer was permanent and received squad number 16, [5] on the same day he made his debut with Kolos Kovalivka against LNZ Cherkasy after being named in the starting line-up. [6] Kolos Kovalivka reportedly paid a €300,000 transfer fee. [7]

International career

From 2018, until 2022, Krasniqi is part of Kosovo at youth international level, respectively part of the under-19 and under-21 teams and he with these teams played seven matches. [1] On 30 May 2022, he received a call-up from the senior team for training session before the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Cyprus, Greece and Northern Ireland, but did not make the final squad. [8]

On 16 September 2022, Krasniqi received again a call-up from Kosovo for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Northern Ireland and Cyprus. [9] His debut with Kosovo came eleven days after call-up in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League match against Cyprus after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of Florent Hadergjonaj. [10] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Ilir Krasniqi at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Llapi firmos edhe me një lojtar" [Llapi also signs a player] (in Albanian). Bota Sot. 23 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mirësevjen ILIR KRASNIQI" [Welcome ILIR KRASNIQI]. Facebook (in Albanian). KF Llapi. 23 December 2020. [self-published]
  4. ↑ "Ilir Krasniqi transferohet në Ukrainë" [Ilir Krasniqi transfers to Ukraine]. PodujevaSot.net (in Albanian). 11 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ілір Краснічі – новачок Колоса!" [Ilir Krasniqi is a newcomer to Kolos!] (in Ukrainian). FC Kolos Kovalivka. 16 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "УПЛ. 6 тур. Колос – ЛНЗ – 1:1 (відео)" [UPL 6th round. Kolos – LNZ – 1:1 (video)] (in Ukrainian). FC Kolos Kovalivka. 16 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Zyrtare: Ilir Krasniqi transferohet te klubi ukrainas Kovalivka" [Official: Ilir Krasniqi transfers to Ukrainian club Kovalivka] (in Albanian). Nacionale. 7 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Dardanët vazhdojnë përgatitjet, Zeneli e Sahiti flasin me optimizëm" [The Dardanians continue their preparations, Zeneli and Sahiti speak with optimism] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 30 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Giresse publikon listën e Dardanëve për ndeshjet e shtatorit" [Giresse publishes the list of Dardanians for the September matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 16 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dy shpresat e Superligës – debutuan me Përfaqësuesen e Kosovës" [The two hopes of the Superleague – debuted with the Kosovo national team]. Shqip.com (in Albanian). 27 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Kosovo vs Cyprus, 27 September 2022". eu-football.info. 27 September 2022.
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