Lindon Selahi
Lindon Selahi (born 26 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for HNK Rijeka. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Albania national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lindon Selahi | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Namur, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rijeka | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | CAPS Namur | ||
| 2005–2006 | Sportive Jamboise | ||
| 2006–2011 | UR Namur | ||
| 2011–2014 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2014–2016 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2016–2018 | Standard Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Standard Liège | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Twente | 32 | (2) |
| 2021 | → Willem II (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2021– | Rijeka | 106 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Belgium U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | Albania U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Albania U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019– | Albania | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 15 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2019 | |||
Early life edit
Selahi was born in Namur, Belgium to an Albanian family from North Macedonia. He started playing football at the age of 4 with local clubs.
Club career edit
Youth career edit
Selahi started his football career in local clubs, he joined UR Namur which played in the second division at this time, he regularly played with older boys and was captain of his teams. He was noticed by Standard Liège staff and joined the club in 2011. He left the Walloon club to join RSC Anderlecht, then he joined Standard Liège again in 2016. During his youth career at Standard Liège and Anderlecht, Selahi has played with many players of the talented 99-born generation, many of them became professional football players in and outside Belgium.
Standard Liège edit
In June 2016, Selahi signed his first professional contract with Standard Liège.[1] Selahi made his professional debut for Standard Liège in a 3-1 Belgian First Division A win over Anderlecht on 10 May 2018.[2]
Twente edit
On 6 June 2019, Selahi signed a two-year contract with an option of further one with the Dutch club FC Twente.[3] He made his official debut in a league game against PSV Eindhoven and scored his first Eredivisie goal on 25 October 2019 against FC Emmen.[4]
Loan to Willem II Tilburg edit
On January 15, 2021, Selahi moved to Dutch club Willem II Tilburg, on loan until the end of the season.[5]
HNK Rijeka edit
On July 24, 2021, Selahi signed a 3 years contract for HNK Rijeka, he arrived as a free agent.[6]
International career edit
Lindon Selahi was born in Belgium, his family is of Albanian descent from North Macedonia, his grandparents left Kumanovo in the late 1950s then moved to Belgium in the 1960s. Selahi's family still lives in Belgium today but is attached to the Albanian homeland, all of them speak perfect Albanian. Selahi was a youth international footballer for Belgium.[7] He had the choice between several national teams: Kosovo, Albania, Belgium and North Macedonia but he chose to represent Albania and obtained an Albanian passport in 2018. Selahi also represented the Albania U17s in a pair of friendly tournaments in 2015.[8][9]
He made his debut with the Albanian U21 national team against Bosnia. In October 2019 he was called by the senior Albania national football team. He made his debut on 14 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Moldova. He substituted Keidi Bare in the 89th minute.[10]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
| Season | Club | League | National League | National cup | Supercup | European | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2017–18 | Standard Liège | Belgian 1st | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Standard Liège | Belgian 1st | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | FC Twente | Eredivisie | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | FC Twente | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Willem II (loan) | Eredivisie | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Rijeka | 1. HNL | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Rijeka | 1. HNL | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Rijeka | 1. HNL | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 36 | 4 | |
| Total | 139 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 157 | 10 | ||
Last update: 15 May 2024[citation needed]
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Standard Liège
References edit
- ^ "Le Namurois Lindon Selahi (17 ans) signe un contrat professionnel au Standard".
- ^ "Le Standard donne une leçon de réalisme à Anderlecht et s'empare de la 2ème place". 10 May 2018.
- ^ "AANWINST LINDON SELAHI - NA ROUTINE NU TOEKOMST".
- ^ Twente zonder groots te spelen simpel langs Emmen - AD (in Dutch)
- ^ "Willem II loan Selahi from Twente". Football Oranje. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ "Lindon Selahi novi igrač HNK Rijeka: 'Jedva čekam zaigrati pred navijačima Rijeke'" (in Croatian). 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Albanian talent Lindon Selahi: I'm interested to play for Albania or Belgium, not Macedonia".
- ^ "Grumbullohet kombëtarja U-17 – FSHF". 9 March 2015.
- ^ "U-17, turne ne Austri – FSHF". 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Moldova v Albania game report". ESPN. 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Sam. 17 Mars 2018, 20h45 - BELGIQUE - Coupe de Belgique". maxifoot.fr. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
External links edit
- Lindon Selahi at Soccerway
- Lindon Selahi at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Fox Sports Profile
- Standard Profile
- Career stats - Voetbal International