Ylldren Ibrahimaj

Ylldren Ibrahimaj

Ibrahimaj with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Arendal, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Mladá Boleslav
Youth career
0000–2011	IK Grane
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2017	Arendal	129	(14)
2018	Mjøndalen	15	(1)
2018–2020	Viking	68	(14)
2021–2022	Ural Yekaterinburg	9	(0)
2022–2024	Lillestrøm	65	(6)
2025–	Mladá Boleslav	0	(0)
International career^‡
2020	Kosovo	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2020

Ylldren Ibrahimaj (born 24 December 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for Czech club Mladá Boleslav. His primary position is a winger, but he can also play as an attacking or central midfielder. Born in Norway, Ibrahimaj represents Kosovo internationally.[2]

Club career

Early career and Mjøndalen

Ibrahimaj was part of the youth team of IK Grane until December 2011. From 2012, he played for the club of his birthplace, Arendal for five years and made 129 league appearances and scored fourteen goals.

On 22 December 2017, Ibrahimaj signed a four-year contract with 1. divisjon club Mjøndalen.[3] On 2 April 2018, he made his debut against Florø after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 1–1 home draw.[4]

Viking

On 20 July 2018, Ibrahimaj joined 1. divisjon side Viking, on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[5] Two days later, he made his debut in a 4–1 home win against Jerv after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Usman Sale.[6]

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 16 January 2021, Ibrahimaj signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg and received squad number 17.[7] On 28 February 2021, he made his debut in a 2–2 away draw against Krasnodar after being named in the starting line-up.[8]

Lillestrøm

On 7 February 2022, Ibrahimaj signed a three-year contract with Eliteserien club Lillestrøm and received squad number 20.[9]

Mladá Boleslav

On 29 January 2025, Ibrahimaj signed a contract with Czech First League club Mladá Boleslav as a free agent.[10]

International career

On 22 May 2019, Ibrahimaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and Bulgaria,[11] but he was not available for these matches after FIFA did not permit him to play for Kosovo due to problems with his documentation.[12] His debut with Kosovo came on 13 January 2020 in a friendly match against Sweden after being named in the starting line-up.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 May 2024[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arendal	2012	3. divisjon	4	0	1	0	—		5	0
	2013	2. divisjon	24	1	1	0	—		25	1
	2014		24	1	2	0	—		26	1
	2015		24	2	3	1	—		27	3
	2016		25	8	1	0	—		26	8
	2017	1. divisjon	28	2	2	3	—		30	5
	Total		129	14	10	4	—		139	18
Mjøndalen	2018	1. divisjon	15	1	3	1	—		18	2
Viking	2018		11	3	0	0	—		11	3
	2019	Eliteserien	28	4	7	2	—		35	6
	2020		29	7	—		1[a]	0	30	7
	Total		68	14	7	2	1	0	76	16
Ural Yekaterinburg	2020–21	Russian Premier League	6	0	1	0	—		7	0
	2021–22		3	0	1	0	—		4	0
	Total		9	0	2	0	—		11	0
Lillestrøm	2022	Eliteserien	30	4	5	0	—		35	4
	2023		29	2	5	0	—		34	2
	2024		6	0	4	0	—		10	0
	Total		65	6	14	0	—		79	6
Mladá Boleslav	2024–25	Czech First League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			275	35	36	7	1	0	312	42

1. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 13 January 2020[2][15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Kosovo	2020	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Viking[14]

• 1. divisjon: 2018
• Norwegian Cup: 2019

Individual

• Eliteserien Top assist provider: 2019

References

1. Ylldren Ibrahimaj at WorldFootball.net
2. Ylldren Ibrahimaj at National-Football-Teams.com
3. "Henter Arendal-stjerneskudd" [Fetching Arendal sparklers] (in Norwegian). Mjøndalen IF. 22 December 2017.
4. "Mjøndalen vs. Florø 1–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
5. "Velkommen, Ylldren!" [Welcome, Ylldren!] (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 20 July 2018.
6. "Viking–Jerv" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 22 July 2018.
7. "Илльдрен Ибрахимай – новичок ФК "Урал"!" [Ylldren Ibrahimaj is the newcomer of FC Ural!] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 16 January 2021.
8. "Krasnodar vs. Ural 2–2". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
9. "Ylldren Ibrahimaj klar for LSK: – Jeg gleder meg veldig" [Ylldren Ibrahimaj ready for LSK: – I'm really looking forward to it] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 7 February 2022.
10. "Z norského Lilleströmu přišel do Boleslavi Ibrahimaj" [Ibrahimaj came to Boleslav from Lilleström in Norway] (in Czech). FK Mladá Boleslav. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
11. "Bernard Challandes publikon listën e futbollistëve për dy ndeshjet e qershorit" [Bernard Challandes publish the list of footballers for two June matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 22 May 2019.
12. "Challandes: Dy prurjet e reja të Kosovës, s'do të mund të luajnë kundër Malit të Zi" [Challandes: The two new newcomers of Kosovo, will not be able to play against Montenegro] (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 6 June 2019.
13. "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.
14. Ylldren Ibrahimaj at Soccerway
15. "Ylldren Ibrahimaj". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.

External links

• Ylldren Ibrahimaj at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)