Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 August 1999 | ||
Place of birth | La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | Rinia Isniq | ||
2014–2018 | Besa Pejë | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Besa Pejë | 46 | (15) |
2019–2022 | Aarau | 86 | (17) |
2022–2024 | Deinze | 19 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 21 | (1) |
2024–2025 | Skënderbeu | 18 | (1) |
2025– | Drita | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Kosovo U19 | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Kosovo | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 July 2025 |
Liridon Balaj (born 15 August 1999) is a Kosovan footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Drita of the Football Superleague of Kosovo and the Kosovo national team. [1]
He started his professional career with Besa Pejë in 2016. [2]
On 7 August 2019, Balaj signed a two-year contract with Swiss Challenge League club Aarau and received squad number 9. [2] One day later, he made his debut in a 4–2 away defeat against Chiasso after coming on as a substitute at 74th minute in place of Petar Mišić. [3]
On 2 September 2022, Balaj joined Deinze in Belgium on a two-year contract. [4]
On 8 September 2023, Balaj moved on loan to Schaffhausen back in Switzerland. [5]
On 31 May 2021, Balaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly matches against Guinea and Gambia. [6] Eight days later, he made his debut with Kosovo in a friendly match against Guinea after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Arbër Hoxha. [7]