Lindon Selahi

Lindon Selahi (born 26 February 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Willem II Tilburg in the Eredivisie on loan from FC Twente.

Lindon Selahi
Personal information
Full name Lindon Selahi
Date of birth (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999
Place of birth Namur, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Willem II
(on loan from FC Twente)
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– FC Twente 32 (2)
2021 → Willem II (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2014 Belgium U16 2 (0)
2015 Albania U17 5 (0)
2018–2019 Albania U21 5 (0)
2019– Albania 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 October 2019

Early life

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

Youth career

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

On 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

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

On January 15, 2021, Selahi moved to Dutch club Willem II Tilburg, on loan until the end of the season.[5]

International career

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.[6] 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.[7][8]

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.[9]

Career statistics
Season Club League 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 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Total 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 37 2

Last update: March 01 2020

References
  1. "Le Namurois Lindon Selahi (17 ans) signe un contrat professionnel au Standard".
  2. "Le Standard donne une leçon de réalisme à Anderlecht et s'empare de la 2ème place". 10 May 2018.
  3. "AANWINST LINDON SELAHI - NA ROUTINE NU TOEKOMST".
  4. Twente zonder groots te spelen simpel langs Emmen - AD (in Dutch)
  5. "Willem II loan Selahi from Twente". Football Oranje. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  6. "Albanian talent Lindon Selahi: I'm interested to play for Albania or Belgium, not Macedonia".
  7. "Grumbullohet kombëtarja U-17 - FSHF". 9 March 2015.
  8. "U-17, turne ne Austri - FSHF". 16 April 2015.
  9. "Moldova v Albania game report". ESPN. 14 October 2019.


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