Ismet Lushaku (born 22 September 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Swedish club

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. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

Club career

AFC Eskilstuna

On 2 May 2019, Lushaku signed his first professional contract with

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side

AFC Eskilstuna Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and th ...

after agreeing to a three-year deal. Sixteen days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superet ...

after coming on as a substitute at 60th minute in place of Wilhelm Loeper.

Varbergs BoIS

On 17 January 2022, Lushaku signed a four-year contract with

club

. His debut with Varbergs BoIS came on 19 February in the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen group stage against Sollentuna after being named in the starting line-up.

International career

Under-21

On 27 May 2019, Lushaku received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for

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matches against Andorra U21 and Turkey U21. Ten days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in a match against Andorra U21 after coming on as a substitute at 66th minute in place of Mirlind Daku.

Senior

On 24 December 2019, Lushaku received a call-up from

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 ...

for the

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against

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, and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 32nd minute in place of injured Florian Loshaj.

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* 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Eskilstuna Kosovan men's footballers Kosovo men's under-21 international footballers Kosovo men's international footballers Swedish men's footballers Swedish people of Kosovan descent Swedish people of Albanian descent Men's association football midfielders Allsvenskan players AFC Eskilstuna players Varbergs BoIS players {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub