| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Right winger [1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gjilani | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Prishtina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Prishtina | 67 | (11) |
| 2017 | Trepça'89 | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Trepça'89 (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | Llapi | 7 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Flamurtari | 40 | (14) |
| 2020– | Gjilani | 50 | (11) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 March 2024 | |||
Shend Kelmendi (born 21 September 1994) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gjilani. [2]
On 13 September 2013. Kelmendi made his debut with Prishtina in a Football Superleague of Kosovo match against Gjilani after coming on as a substitute at 29th minute in place of Liridon Latifi. [3]
On 22 July 2017. Kelmendi signed to Football Superleague of Kosovo side Trepça'89. [4]
On 10 August 2017. Kelmendi completed a transfer to Skënderbeu Korçë by signing for the next three seasons and received squad number 9. [5] One day later, the club confirmed that Kelmendi had joined on a permanent transfer. [6]
On 6 September 2017. Kelmendi made his competitive debut for the club in the first leg of 2017–18 Albanian Cup first round, scoring the opener in an 8–0 thrashing of Adriatiku Mamurras. [7] Later, on 29 November 2017. Kelmendi was on the score-sheet again in this competition, where he netted the lone goal of the match against Besëlidhja Lezhë for the second round. [8]
He made his first Albanian Superliga appearance on 22 December by entering in the last minutes of the 3–1 home win over Teuta Durrës. [9]
On 20 January 2018, Kelmendi was sent on loan at Football Superleague of Kosovo outfit KF Trepça'89 for the remainder of the season. [10]
On 17 June 2018, Kelmendi signed for KF Llapi on a 2-year deal. [11]
On 27 December 2018, it was announced that Kelmendi had signed with KF Flamurtari. [12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Prishtina | 2013–14 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 16 | 2 | — | 16 | 2 | |||||
| 2014–15 | — | |||||||||||
| 2015–16 | 28 | 7 | — | 28 | 7 | |||||||
| 2016–17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 11 | ||
| Trepça'89 | 2017–18 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skënderbeu Korçë | 2017–18 | Albanian Superliga | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 3 | ||
| Trepça'89 (loan) | 2017–18 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 69 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 15 | ||