Hekuran Kryeziu (born 12 February 1993) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Swiss club

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

. Born in Switzerland, he represents

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

at international level.

Club career

Zürich

On 31 May 2018, Kryeziu signed a three-year contract with

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club

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and this transfer would become legally effective in July 2018. On 22 July 2018, he made his debut in a 2–1 home win against

Thun , neighboring_municipalities= Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg , twintown = , website = www.thun.ch Thun (french: Thoune) ...

after being named in the starting line-up.

Winterthur

Kryeziu had a trial at

club

in July 2022, and signed a two-year contract with the club for an undisclosed fee the following month. On 13 August 2022, he made his debut with second team in a 0–0 home draw against Gossau after being named in the starting line-up, while his first team debut came fifteen days later in a 1–5 home defeat against Young Boys after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of

Eris Abedini Eris Abedini (born 29 August 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club Winterthur. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team. Club career Early career A youth product of Lugano, Abedini begun hi ...

International career

From 2010, until 2013, Kryeziu has been part of

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at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U17, U18, U19,

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and U21 teams and he with these teams played 31 matches. On 10 November 2015, he received a call-up from

for a

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against

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, and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of

Eroll Zejnullahu Eroll Zejnullahu (born 19 October 1994) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for German club TSV 1860 Munich and the Kosovo national team. Club career Youth career Zejnullahu began his youth career at local ...

Personal life

Kryeziu was born in Luzern, Switzerland from Kosovo Albanian parents from

Gjilan Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

Career statistics

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* * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Lucerne Kosovan footballers Kosovo international footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Liechtenstein Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein Swiss footballers Switzerland youth international footballers Switzerland under-21 international footballers Swiss people of Kosovan descent Swiss people of Albanian descent Association football midfielders Swiss Super League players FC Luzern players FC Zürich players FC Vaduz players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein FC Winterthur players {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub