Liridon Balaj

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Liridon Balaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-15) 15 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Schaffhausen
Number 99
Youth career
0000–2018 Besa Pejë
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Besa Pejë 24 (1)
2019–2022 Aarau 86 (17)
2022– Deinze 19 (0)
2023– → Schaffhausen (loan) 21 (1)
International career‡
2017–2018 Kosovo U19 5 (0)
2021– Kosovo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2021

Liridon Balaj (born 15 August 1999) is a Kosovan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club Schaffhausen on loan from the Belgian club Deinze, and the Kosovo national team. [1]

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Club career

Aarau

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]

Deinze

On 2 September 2022, Balaj joined Deinze in Belgium on a two-year contract. [4]

Schaffhausen

On 8 September 2023, Balaj moved on loan to Schaffhausen back in Switzerland. [5]

International career

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Liridon Balaj at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Liridon Balaj wechselt für zwei Jahre zum FC Aarau" [Liridon Balaj is moving to FC Aarau for two years] (in German). FC Aarau. 7 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Chiasso vs. Aarau 4–2". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Welkom, Liridon Balaj!" (in Dutch). Deinze. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Liridon Balaj neuer Mittelfeldspieler" [Liridon Balaj new midfielder] (in German). Schaffhausen. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Challandes publikon listën e futbollistëve për dy miqësoret në Antali" [Challandes publishes the list of footballers for the two friendlies in Antalya] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Guinea vs Kosovo, 8 June 2021". eu-football.info. 8 June 2021.
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