Mehmet Hetemaj

Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987), is an Albanian defensive midfielder of Kosovar Albanian descent who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga side SJK. He has represented both Finland national team and Kosovo national football team, but now he is no longer eligible to play for the latter. He started his football career in HJK youth team.

Club Career

HJK Helsinki

Hetemaj started his career in Finland in HJK Helsinki where he made 17 appearances between 2006 and 2007. During 2007 season he was loaned to Viikingit for 9 matches.

Panionios

In 2008, he agreed a move to Greek club Panionios F.C. In June 2009 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit AlbinoLeffe, where he established himself as a regular.

AlbinoLeffe

In June 2010 AlbinoLeffe announced to have completed a bid to sign the player on a permanent basis from Panionios. He signed a four-year contract. In July 2012 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit Reggina Calcio. The loan contract with Reggina ended after the 2012–13 season and Hetemaj returned to AlbinoLeffe. In January 2014 it was announced that Hetemaj had signed a loan contract with a Finnish Premier League team Honka.

Monza

In July 2014 he joined Italian club Monza.

SJK

Hetemaj joined SJK in January 2015. Since then he has become a fan favorite and scored many important goals for the club. Hetemaj has been the clubs captain since 2019.

International Career

Finland Under-21

Hetemaj, along with his older brother Perparim Hetemaj, was called up to represent Finland U-21 at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Finland

Hetemaj made his senior debut for Finland against Japan in February 2009.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Мехмет Хетемай (russian)