Lindon Emërllahu (born 7 December 2002) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for Kosovo Superleague club Ballkani and Kosovo national team.

International career

First senior call-up

On 16 September 2022, Emërllahu 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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matches against

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and

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

. His debut with Kosovo came eleven days later in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League match against Cyprus after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of

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Return to youth level

On 18 March 2023, Emërllahu received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the friendly matches against

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and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. His debut with Kosovo U21 came six days later in the friendly match against Moldova after being named in the starting line-up. Three days after debut, Emërllahu scored his first goals for Kosovo U21 in his second appearance for the country in a 2–4 away defeat over Turkey.

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* 2002 births Living people People from Suva Reka Kosovan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Kosovo men's international footballers Kosovo men's under-21 international footballers Football Superleague of Kosovo players FC Ballkani players {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub