Marlind Lutfi Nuriu (born 5 July 1997) is an Albanian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender.

Club career

Early career

Nuriu started his youth career at a local club in

Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

KDK. In 2013, he moved at

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 ...

academy and in 2014 he signed for the club's first team.

Tirana

He made his debut for

on 28 September 2016 in the

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

match against Sopoti Librazhd.

Loan to Dinamo Tirana

On 9 January 2018 Nuriu was loaned out to fellow Albanian First Division side

Dinamo Tirana Futboll Club Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital Tirana. They play in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football, in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1950 during the communist r ...

for the remainder of the 2017–18 season to gain more playing experience.

International career

Albania U21

He was called up at the

Albania national under-21 football team The Albania national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, which is held every two ye ...

by coach

Alban Bushi Alban Bushi (born 20 August 1973) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Albania under-21 and under-20 team. He is nicknamed "Loku". During his playing career he played as a striker. Bushi ...

for a double

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against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017.

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Nuriu was called up for the

against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Italy in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tour ...

opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017. In the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21, Nuriu was an unused substitute in the bench for the entire match.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Tirana * Kategoria Superiore: 2021–22 *

: 2016–17 * Albanian Supercup:

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* 1997 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Albania men's under-21 international footballers KF Tirana players FC Dinamo City players KF Skënderbeu Korçë players Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria e Dytë players {{Albania-footy-defender-stub