Bersant Celina

Bersant Celina (born 9 September 1996) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One side Ipswich Town on loan from Dijon FC, and the Kosovo national team.

He began his professional career with Manchester City, where he made four appearances and had loans at Twente of the Eredivisie and Ipswich Town of the EFL Championship. He was signed by Swansea in 2018. Born in FR Yugoslavia, Celina was raised in Norway. After representing them at youth level, he made his senior international debut for Kosovo in 2014.

Club Career

Early career

Celina grew up in Drammen, Norway, where he moved to at the age of two. He started his youth career at Stromsgodset in Norway. In 2012, he was offered a scholarship from the Manchester City Reserves and Academy in England, where he spent the next two years as a scholar.

Manchester City

On 1 July 2014, Celina signed a three-year professional contract with Manchester City. At the time, Celina was injured and had a surgery; after returning from injury, he remained with the youth team whilst rehabilitating.

In late December 2014, Celina was called up to the first team by head coach Manuel Pellegrini due to the busy Christmas schedule that saw Manchester City play four games in just over a week. Celina was not selected in the 18-man squad for the three matches in the Premier League, but in the fourth match valid for the third round of FA Cup against Sheffield Wednesday on 4 January 2015, he made the matchday squad. Celina remained on the bench for the entire match, which finished with a 2–1 comeback victory for City.

On 19 January 2015, Celina was selected to take part in the first-team squad's mid-season Abu Dhabi training camp along with three other Manchester City academy players. He was included along with Brandon Barker, George Evans and Thierry Ambrose from Patrick Vieira's Elite Development Squad for the trip to the Middle East. Celina made his first senior app

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