Ylber Ramadani


Ylber Latif Ramadani is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Vejle in the Danish 1st Division and the Albania national team.

Club career

Ferizaj

He began his senior career at his hometown club Ferizaj, where he made a total of 42 appearances and scored 3 goals in the 2013–14 season.

Prishtina

In the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Ramadani signed for Prishtina where he made a total of 14 appearances and scored only 1 goal for the club.

Drita

On 1 August 2015, Ramadani signed for Drita. During the first part of 2015–16 season, he made 17 league appearance as Drita later finished 10th, avoiding relegation by defeating Flamurtari 4–2 on penalties at the relegation play-offs.

Partizani Tirana

In December 2015, it was reported that Ramadani was set to join Albanian Superliga side Partizani Tirana during the January transfer window, and he began training with the side before signing a three-year deal on 10 January 2016. However, the move was soon put on hold as Drita refused to release Ramadani, but the clubs were able to reach an agreement over the transfer and the move was made official one month later on 10 February. Following the end of the season, in which Ramadani made 42 appearances in all competitions, he was named Albanian Superliga Best Young Player.

Vejle

On 14 June 2017, Danish 1st Division side Vejle announced the transfer Ramadani from Partizani Tirana for a fee of €200,000. The player was presented the same day and signed for the next four years. On 26 November 2017 Ramadani scored his first goal abroad against the second placed team Vendsyssel as Vejle took a 4–1 win to maintain the leading of the rankings after 19 weeks with 38 points.

International career

Kosovo

Ramadani received his first call-up from Kosovo under-19 manager Ramiz Krasniqi for the friendlies against Albania in October 2015. He played in the first match on 13 October, scoring in the 2–0 win.
He was also part of Kosovo under-21 squad.

Albania

Youth

On 27 August 2017, Ramadani received his first call up at the Albania under-21 by coach Redi Jupi for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against Greece. He debuted later on 10 October in the final qualifying match against Israel which was lost 4–0.
Ramadani continued to be part of under-21 side for the next qualifying campaign, as he was called in June 2017 for the friendly against France and the opening qualifying match against Estonia. He scored his first under-21 goal 10 November in the matchday 5 versus Northern Ireland as Albania missed out victory by conceding in the last minutes.

Senior

Ramadani received his first senior call-up by manager Christian Panucci for the friendly against Turkey on 13 November 2017. He described his first call-up as a "dream come true". He was an unused substitute as Albania won 3–2 away. Ramadani made his international debut for the Albania national football team in a friendly 1-0 loss to Norway on 26 March 2018.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 June 2019Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania2–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Individual