Valon Ahmedi

Valon Ahmedi (born 7 October 1994) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Shakhtyor Soligorsk. At international level he represented Albania, making two appearances in 2017. He was also part of the Albania under-19 and under-21 teams.

Club Career

Early career

Ahmedi was born in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), to ethnic Albanian parents and was raised in Castellanza, Italy. He began his career with Kastelbell. He moved to F.C. Sudtirol in August 2011 after being spotted by the club's scout and was offered a place in the youth team.

He made his senior debut for Sudtirol on 22 December 2012 against Tritium during the 2012–13 season, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Alessandro Campo in the 1–1 draw. His next and last senior appearance of the 2012–13 season came on 13 January 2013 against Pavia in a 2–1 loss, where he came on in the 67th minute of the game in place of Alessandro Furlan.

In the 2013–14 season he played overall 4 matches all as a substitute.

Celje

In July 2014 Ahmedi signed with Slovenian PrvaLiga side NK Celje. He made his debut in the opening match of the 2014–15 season against Zavrc playing the full 90-minutes. He was considered as an important player for the team and regularly played for entire matches, and on 1 August 2014 he scored his first goal against Krka in the third round, helping his team to a 3–0 victory. Ahmed had a three months break as he got injured in the start of the 2015 and missed out for two months until May 2015.

He finished his first season at Celje with 20 league appearances, scoring five goals. Celje finished as league runners-up and this made them to secure a place in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifiers. Ahmedi also played five matches in the 2014–15 Slovenian Football Cup and scored one goal, as Celje finished runners-up losing to the final against Koper.

He made his European debut on 2 July 2015 in the

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