Arber Zeneli

Arber Avni Zeneli (born 25 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Reims and the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Sweden at the international youth level and was a part of the Sweden U21 team that won the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Club Career

IF Elfsborg

Youth teams

Zeneli started playing football for Halsinggarden, but left as a 12-year old for IF Elfsborg's youth academy. On 29 October 2011, he scored a late winning goal in the final of Swedish Under-17 Championships against Brommapojkarna. The following year he helped his team reach the final in the same competition and he scored another goal, although this time IF Elfsborg lost to Malmo. On 5 November 2013, he won the Allsvenskan U21 with IF Elfsborg against Hacken after coming on as a substitute at 63rd minute in place of Arjan Mostafa.

First team

Having been promoted to the senior team in December 2013. On 1 March 2014, he made his debut with IF Elfsborg in the group stage of 2013–14 Svenska Cupen against Ostersunds after being named in the starting line-up and he went on to play a total of three games in the competition which IF Elfsborg later won beating Helsingborg in the final.

Zeneli made his first Allsvenskan appearance on 31 March after coming on as a substitute at 75th minute in place of injured Simon Hedlund in a 2–1 away defeat against Atvidabergs. He played 16 games during the 2014 season and finished the season by scoring his first senior goal that subsequently sealed the win for his team against Brommapojkarna and he dedicated the goal to his former coach Klas Ingesson who had died a couple of days earlier.

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