Valmir Veliu

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Valmir Veliu
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Podujevo, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Llapi
Number 70
Youth career
0000 Liridoni Football School
0000–2018 Ramiz Sadiku
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Llapi 104 (20)
2022–2023 Gaziantep 18 (1)
2023 → İstanbulspor (loan) 1 (0)
2023– Llapi 9 (2)
International career‡
2020–2022 Kosovo U21 11 (1)
2020– Kosovo 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2022

Valmir Veliu (born 4 June 2000) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Llapi and the Kosovo national team.

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Club career

Llapi

On 18 June 2018, Veliu signed his first professional contract with Football Superleague of Kosovo side Llapi after agreeing to a three-year deal. [2] On 29 September 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against KEK after coming on as a substitute of Festim Alidema. [3]

Gaziantep

On 26 June 2022, Veliu signed a three-year contract with Süper Lig club Gaziantep. [4] Gaziantep reportedly paid a €180 thousand transfer fee. [5] On 6 August 2022, he made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Sivasspor after coming on as a substitute at 64th minute in place of Lazar Marković. [6] Veliu's contract with Gazianstep was terminated on 27 September 2023. [7]

International career

On 24 December 2019, Veliu received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden, [8] and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Herolind Shala. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Valmir Veliu". Gaziantep F.K. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Transferime të reja dhe rinovime te Llapi" [New transfers and renovations to Llapi] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 18 June 2018. Gjatë ditës së hënë, Valmir Veliu ka nënshkruar kontratë profesionale me Llapin për tre vitet e ardhshme
  3. ↑ "Java VII: LLAPI – KEK-u 2–0" [Week VII: LLAPI – KEK-U 2–0] (in Albanian). KF Llapi. 29 September 2018. Llapi: 13. Afrim Ademi – 18. Ilir Blakçori, 14. Egzon Sinani, 5. Dardan Jashari, 4. Bujar Idrizi – 16. Hamdi Namani/C/, 6. Kushtrim Shabani, 10. Edon Zeqiri (17. Arbnor Ramadani) – 97. Festim Alidema (77. Valmir Veliu), 11. Fiton Hajdari (95. Alban Rexhepi)
  4. ↑ "Transfer | Valmir Veliu Gaziantep'te!" [Transfer | Valmir Veliu in Gaziantep!] (in Turkish). Gaziantep F.K. 26 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Llapi përfiton 180 mijë euro nga shitja e Veliut" [Llapi benefits 180 thousand euros from the sale of Veliu] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 26 June 2022.
  6. ↑ @GaziantepFK (6 August 2022). "64' Çıkan oyuncu Lazar Markovic, giren oyuncu Valmir Veliu" [64' Lazar Markovic out, Valmir Veliu in] (Tweet) (in Turkish) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ Valmir Veliu at the Turkish Football Federation
  8. ↑ "Lista e futbollistëve për ndeshjen Kosovë–Suedi" [List of players for the match Kosovo–Sweden] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 24 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.
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