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Liridon Leci used to play for Swedish second tier team Landskrona BoIS, but was banned after allegations of match fixing last year. Then he said he was "one hundred percent innocent", now a top player for FC Pristina, the major team in the Kosovo capital, he offers match fixing in Sweden
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FC Prishtina ka nënshkruar me nëntë lojtarë dhe tani arrin numri prej 12 lojtarëve me kontrata vetëm në këtë afat kalimtar. Sot kanë nënshkruar Armend Dallku, Debatik Curri, Ahmed Jonuzi, Liridon Leci, Lorik Maxhuni dhe Mergim Pefqeli
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Top 11-shja e vitit e Vala Superligës: GK: Faton Maloku, DF: Armend Thaqi, DF: Liridon Leci, DF: Armend Dallku, DF: Fidan Gërbeshi, MF: Hamdi Namani, MF: Behar Maliqi, MF: Mentor Zhdrella, MF: Xhevdet Shabani, FW: Otto John dhe FW: Granit Arifaj
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- ↑ "FFK dënon Lecin me dy ndeshje mos lojë" [FFK sentenced Leci with two non-match games] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 6 May 2017.
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