Shend Kelmendi

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Shend Kelmendi
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Pristina, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right winger [1]
Team information
Current team
Gjilani
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2013 Prishtina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2017 Prishtina 67 (11)
2017 Trepça'89 0 (0)
2017–2018 Skënderbeu Korçë 1 (0)
2018Trepça'89 (loan) 4 (0)
2018 Llapi 7 (1)
2019–2020 Flamurtari 40 (14)
2020– Gjilani 50 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024

Shend Kelmendi (born 21 September 1994) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gjilani. [2]

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Club career

Prishtina

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]

Trepça'89

On 22 July 2017. Kelmendi signed to Football Superleague of Kosovo side Trepça'89. [4]

Skënderbeu Korçë

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]

Loan to Trepça'89

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]

KF Llapi

On 17 June 2018, Kelmendi signed for KF Llapi on a 2-year deal. [11]

KF Flamurtari

On 27 December 2018, it was announced that Kelmendi had signed with KF Flamurtari. [12]

Career statistics

As of 20 January 2018 [13]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Prishtina 2013–14 Football Superleague of Kosovo 162162
2014–15
2015–16 287287
2016–17 232101 [lower-alpha 1] 0242
2017–18 00001 [lower-alpha 2] 00010
Total67111010106911
Trepça'89 2017–18 Football Superleague of Kosovo 000000
Skënderbeu Korçë 2017–18 Albanian Superliga 104353
Trepça'89 (loan) 2017–18 Football Superleague of Kosovo 101020
Career total69116310107615
  1. Appearance in Kosovan Supercup
  2. All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

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References

  1. Shend KELMENDI – Official Site Llapi Football Club, llapifc.com
  2. Shend Kelmendi at Soccerway
  3. "Shend Kelmendi falenderon" [Shend Kelmendi thanks] (in Albanian). FC Prishtina . Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. "Trepça'89 nënshkruan me Shend Kelmendin" [Trepça'89 signs with Shend Kelmendi] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 22 July 2017.
  5. "ZYRTARE/Kelmendi bëhet korçar" [OFFICIAL/Kelmendi becomes korçar] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 10 August 2017.
  6. "Skënderbeu sqaron: Kelmendin e kemi blerë" [Skënderbeu explains: We have bought Kelmendi] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 11 August 2017.
  7. "Kupa e Shqipërisë/Skënderbeu provon të rinjtë me goleadë, Kukësi e Partizani mësojnë rivalët" [Albanian Cup/Skënderbeu tries the youths with goals, Kukësi and Partizani know their rivals] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 6 September 2017.
  8. "Skënderbeut i mjafton Kelmendi në Lezhë, Daja: Të rinjtë duhet të përfitojnë" [Kelmendi is enough for Skënderbeu in Lezhë, Daja: The youngsters should benefit] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 30 November 2017.
  9. "Skënderbeu Korçë vs. Teuta Durrës". Soccerway. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  10. "Kelmendi huazohet te Trepça'89" [Kelmendi is loaned to Trepca'89] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. Zyrtare: Shend Kelmendi përforcon Llapin, llapifc.com, 17 June 2018
  12. Zyrtare: Shend Kelmendi kalon te Flamurtari, telegrafi.com, 27 December 2018
  13. "Shend Kelmendi". Soccerway.