Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 April 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Bocholt, Germany [1] | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kolos Kovalivka | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Fushë Kosova | ||
2020–2021 | KEK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | Llapi | 121 | (4) |
2024– | Kolos Kovalivka | 22 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Kosovo U19 | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Kosovo U21 | 5 | (1) |
2022– | Kosovo | 13 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:40, 5 September 2025 (UTC) |
Ilir Krasniqi (born 2 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian Premier League club Kolos Kovalivka. Born in Germany, he plays for the Kosovo national team.
On 23 December 2020, Krasniqi signed a five-year contract with Kosovo Superleague club Llapi, [2] and received squad number 16. [3]
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]
From 2018, until 2022, Krasniqi is part of Kosovo at youth international level, respectively part of the U19 and U21 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]