Rei Qilimi

Rei Qilimi
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Sarandë, Albania
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Egnatia
Number 13
Youth career
2011–2013 Dinamo Tirana
2013–2016 Partizani Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Partizani Tirana 0 (0)
2016 Dinamo Tirana 1 (0)
2016–2019 Tirana B 24 (6)
2017–2018 Tirana 10 (2)
2019- Egnatia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2019

Rei Qilimi (born 10 June 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Albanian club Egnatia and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Club career

Qilimi started his youth career with Dinamo Tirana aged 14. After spending 2 seasons here, he moved at Partizani Tirana. At Partizani he was promoted to the first team during the 2014–season but didn't made its first team debut. In February 2016 he was returned to Dinamo Tirana where he managed to make his professional debut and played until 10 October 2016 where he signed with Tirana B. During the 2016–17 season he played 22 matches in the Albanian Second Division, where in most of them he was the team's captain and managed to score 6 goals.[1]

International career

Qilimi received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a gathering between 14 and 17 May 2017 with most of the players selected from Albanian championships.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 December 2017 [1][3][4]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[a] Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Partizani Tirana 2014–15 Albanian Superliga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Dinamo Tirana 2015–16 Albanian First Division 1 0 — — — 1 0
Tirana B 2016–17 Albanian Second Division 20 6 — — — 20 6
2017–18 4 0 — — — 4 0
Total 24 6 — — — 24 6
Tirana 2017–18 Albanian First Division 6 1 1 0 2[c] 0 — 9 1
Career total 31 7 1 0 2 0 — 34 7
  1. ^ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup
  3. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

Honours

Tirana

References

  1. ^ a b Rei Qilimi profile FSHF.org
  2. ^ Grumbullohet Kombëtarja U-21, Alban Bushi bën publike listën Panorama Sport
  3. ^ Rei Qilimi at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. ^ Rei Qilimi – UEFA competition record (archive)