Festim Alidema (born 5 October 1997) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for Kosovo Superleague club Llapi.

Club career

Llapi

On 9 January 2018, Alidema joined

Football Superleague of Kosovo The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...

side Llapi after agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year deal. On 18 February 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 away defeat against

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after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Gentrit Begolli.

Slaven Belupo

On 17 July 2019, Alidema joined

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side

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after agreeing to a two-year deal with the option of continuation for another two years. On 24 August 2019, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against

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after coming on as a substitute at 84th minute in place of Bruno Bogojević.

Loan at Hrvatski Dragovoljac

On 7 February 2020, Alidema was loaned to

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club

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. Eight days later is confirmed that he had joined on a four-month-long loan and received squad number 9.

Loan at Drita

On 26 August 2020, Alidema joined

side Drita, on a season-long loan.

International career

On 3 June 2019, Alidema received a call-up from

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for second training session before the

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matches against

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and

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, but did not become part of the final team.

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* * 1997 births Living people People from Gjilan Kosovan footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Croatia Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Association football wingers KF Llapi players FC Drita players NK Slaven Belupo players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players Football Superleague of Kosovo players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub