Xhelil Abdulla ( Macedonian: Џељиљ Абдула, ''Djelil Abdula''; born 25 September 1991) is a Macedonian professional

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who currently plays as a

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for Shkupi. He is of Albanian origin.

Club career

He signed a three-year contract with Dutch side De Graafschap in summer 2011. In June 2019, Abdulla joined

KF Llapi Klubi Futbollistik Llapi (), commonly known as Llapi, is a professional football club based in Podujevë, Kosovo. The club play in the Football Superleague of Kosovo, which is the top tier of football in the country. History KF Llapi was found ...

in Kosovo.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a June 2014

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against China and has, as of February 2020, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second international was the second of two friendlies against China in June 2014.

Honours

Club

;KF Shkëndija *

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* * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Tetovo Men's association football central defenders Albanian footballers from North Macedonia Macedonian footballers North Macedonia under-21 international footballers North Macedonia international footballers KF Shkëndija players De Graafschap players MSV Duisburg II players FK Gorno Lisiče players KF Renova players KF Llapi players Eredivisie players Regionalliga players Macedonian First Football League players Albanian expatriate footballers Albanian men's footballers Macedonian expatriate footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo Expatriate footballers in Kosovo {{RMacedonia-footy-bio-stub