Lindon Selahi

Lindon Selahi
Personal information
Full name Lindon Selahi
Date of birth (1999-02-26) 26 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Namur, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rijeka
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)
2019–2021 Twente 30 (2)
2021 → Willem II (loan) 16 (0)
2021– Rijeka 132 (9)
International career‡
2014 Belgium U16 2 (0)
2015 Albania U17 5 (0)
2018–2019 Albania U21 6 (0)
2019– Albania 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2019

Lindon Selahi (born 26 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for HNK Rijeka. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Albania national team.

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

In 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]

HNK Rijeka

On July 24, 2021, Selahi signed a 3 years contract for HNK Rijeka, he arrived as a free agent.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8][9]

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.[10]

Career statistics

Club

Season Club League National 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 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
2021–22 Rijeka 1. HNL 30 2 4 0 — 2 0 36 2
2022–23 Rijeka 1. HNL 33 2 1 0 — 2 0 36 2
2023–24 Rijeka 1. HNL 30 4 3 0 — 6 0 39 4
2024–25 Rijeka 1. HNL 13 1 2 0 — 6 0 21 0
Total 153 10 12 0 0 0 16 0 181 10

Last update: 15 December 2024[11]

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Albania 2019 1 0
2020 3 0
2021 0 0
2022 0 0
2023 0 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Standard Liège

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. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Lindon Selahi novi igrač HNK Rijeka: 'Jedva čekam zaigrati pred navijačima Rijeke'" (in Croatian). 24 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Albanian talent Lindon Selahi: I'm interested to play for Albania or Belgium, not Macedonia".
  8. ^ "Grumbullohet kombëtarja U-17 – FSHF". 9 March 2015.
  9. ^ "U-17, turne ne Austri – FSHF". 16 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Moldova v Albania game report". ESPN. 14 October 2019.
  11. ^ "L. Selahi - Profile". Soccerway.
  12. ^ "Sam. 17 Mars 2018, 20h45 - BELGIQUE - Coupe de Belgique". maxifoot.fr. Retrieved 22 April 2022.