Altin Kryeziu (born 3 January 2002) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

club

Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...

. Born in Slovenia, he represented both Slovenia and Kosovo at international level.

Club career

Early career and SPAL

Kryeziu was born and raised in

Kranj Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniol ...

, Slovenia, where he started playing football at Triglav Kranj. In 2019, he was transferred to

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

club

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, since ...

. On 27 October 2019, he was named as a first team substitute for the first time in a league match against

Napoli Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Torino

On 25 September 2020, Kryeziu joined Serie A side

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. Two days later, he made his debut for the youth team in a 1–0 home defeat against

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

after coming on as a substitute. On 22 November 2020, he was an unused substitute in Torino's Serie A game against

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

Loan at Virton

In August 2021, Kryeziu was sent on a season-long loan to

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...

side

Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; wa, Vierton) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the princ ...

. Two days after joining, he made his debut in a 2–0 away defeat against

Lierse Kempenzonen Lierse Kempenzonen is a Belgian association football club located in Lier, in the province of Antwerp. The club, founded in 1943 as Oosterzonen in Oosterwijk, was relocated to Lier following the bankruptcy of Lierse in 2018. They compete in ...

after being named in the starting line-up.

Loan at Tabor Sežana

On 10 February 2022, Kryeziu joined

side Tabor Sežana on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.

Maribor

On 12 October 2022, Kryeziu signed for reigning Slovenian champions

until the end of the 2023–24 season.

International career

Slovenia

On 23 August 2018, Kryeziu received a call-up from Slovenia U17 for the

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against Switzerland U17. Five days later, he made his debut with Slovenia U17 in the first friendly match against Switzerland U17 after coming on as a 57th minute substitute in place of Jan Majcen.

Kosovo

On 29 August 2020, Kryeziu received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the

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match against

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, and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.

References

External links

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Altin Kryeziu
at the

Football Association of Slovenia The Football Association of Slovenia ( sl, Nogometna zveza Slovenije or NZS) is the governing body of football in Slovenia. It organizes the Slovenian PrvaLiga, first division (1. SNL), Slovenian Second League, second division (2. SNL), Slovenian ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kryeziu, Altin 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Kranj Association football midfielders Kosovan footballers Kosovo youth international footballers Kosovo under-21 international footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Slovenian footballers Slovenia youth international footballers Slovenian expatriate footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Slovenian people of Kosovan descent Slovenian people of Albanian descent S.P.A.L. players Torino F.C. players R.E. Virton players NK Tabor Sežana players NK Maribor players Challenger Pro League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Belgium