Albion Ademi
Ademi with Inter Turku in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999
Place of birth Turku, Finland[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 IFK Värnamo
Number 11
Youth career
TPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 TPS 10 (2)
2016–2019 Inter Turku 41 (5)
2016 → EIF (loan) 2 (0)
2017 → EIF (loan) 2 (0)
2017 → PS Kemi (loan) 14 (2)
2020 IFK Mariehamn 22 (14)
2021–2023 Djurgården 11 (0)
2022 → Lahti (loan) 14 (0)
2023 → IFK Värnamo (loan) 27 (3)
2024– IFK Värnamo 0 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Finland U17 5 (0)
2016 Finland U18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Finland U19 11 (0)
2018–2020 Albania U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023

Albion Ademi (born 19 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for Swedish club IFK Värnamo as a winger. Born in Finland, he has represented both Finland and Albania at youth international level.

Club career

Ademi has played for TPS, Inter Turku, EIF and PS Kemi.[3]

On 30 December 2019, Ademi signed a one-year contract with IFK Mariehamn.[4]

He moved to Swedish club Djurgården on a four-year deal in January 2021, for a transfer fee of around €200,000 plus bonuses.[5] On 25 March 2022, Ademi joined Lahti on loan until mid-July 2022.[6][7]

After spending the 2023 season on loan in IFK Värnamo, the club announced his permanent transfer to Värnamo on a deal until 2026, starting in 2024,[8] for a fee of kr800,000, which is roughly around €70,000.[9][10]

International career

Ademi represented Finland at under-17 and under-19 youth levels.[3] With the under-19 squad, he played two games at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, which Finland hosted.[11]

On 31 August 2018, Ademi received a call-up from the Albania U21 national team for a friendly match against Italy U21[12] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[13]

On 5 October 2018, Ademi received a call-up from Albania U21 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Spain U21 and Estonia U21.[14] He joined up with the team however was unable to play due to him having to wait for FIFA's permission.[15]

In November 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior Albania national football team for UEFA Nations League game against Scotland and a friendly against Wales, but remained on the bench in both games.[16][17]

Personal life

Ademi is of Kosovo Albanian descent.[18]

Career statistics

As of 12 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TPS 2015 Ykkönen 10210—112
Inter Turku 2016 Veikkausliiga 2000—20
2017 3052—82
2018 25466—3110
2019 111001[lower-alpha 2]0121
Total 415118105313
EIF (loan) 2016 Ykkönen 2000—20
2017 2000—20
PS Kemi (loan) 2017 Veikkausliiga 14200—142
IFK Mariehamn 2020 221440—2614
Djurgården 2021 Allsvenskan 8050—130
2022 30202[lower-alpha 3]070
Total 1107020200
Lahti (loan) 2022 Veikkausliiga 14041—181
IFK Värnamo (loan) 2023 Allsvenskan 27311—284
Career total 1432628103017436

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Albion Ademi, bomberi që premton gola & emocione për Kombëtaren!" (in Albanian). 24 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 Albion Ademi at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 Albion Ademi at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Albion Ademi sopimukseen - IFK Mariehamn vahvistaa hyökkäystään, veikkausliiga.com, 30 December 2019
  5. ↑ "Avslöjar: Succéspelaren klar för Djurgården".
  6. ↑ "Albion Ademi lainalle FC Lahteen" (Press release) (in Finnish). Lahti. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Djurgården trodde inte på Ademi-affär: " Tax-freen på Ålandsfärjan gjorde det möjligt", fotbollskanalen.se, 8 November 2023
  8. ↑ Albion Ademi köps loss från Djurgårdens IF, ifkvarnamo.se, 8 November 2023
  9. ↑ Allsvenska kulisserna: Därför kan Rasmus Schüller lämna Djurgården, expressen.se, 5 January 2024
  10. ↑ Allsvenska toppklubbar jagar Albion Ademi?, fotbolltransfers.com, 5 January 2024
  11. ↑ "Finland U19 v Italy U19 game report". UEFA. 16 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "Trajneri Bushi: Skuadra e kompletuar karshi Spanjës duhet të tregojmë shumë kujdes!" [Coach Bushi: The complete squad against Spain we must be very careful!] (in Albanian). Football Association of Albania. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "U21/Shqipëria humbet miqësoren në Itali" [U21/Albania loses the friendly in Italy] (in Albanian). Football Association of Albania. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Kombëtarja U-21/Trajneri Alban Bushi shpall listën e lojtarëve për ndeshjet zyrtare me Spanjën dhe Estoninë" [National U21 team/Coach Alban Bushi announces the list of players for official matches with Spain and Estonia] (in Albanian). Football Association of Albania. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Panuçi nuk e aktivizoi, talenti Vrioni rikthehet te Shpresat. Një "armë" më shumë ndaj Spanjës" [Panucci didn't activate him, talent Vrioni returns to the Hopes". A "weapon" more versus Spain] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018. Vrioni mund të jetë zgjidhje ideale për startin e ndeshjes për të besuarit e Bushit, duke qenë se Albion Ademi është në pritje të lejekalimit nga FIFA, dhe për momentin nuk e ka marrë ende
  16. ↑ "Albania v Scotland game report". ESPN. 17 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Albania v Wales game report". ESPN. 20 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Jälkipeli: Albion Ademi - kotimainen jalkapallo kaipaa väriläiskiä". Aamuset (in Finnish). 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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