Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 February 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Turku, Finland[1] | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger[2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | ||
Youth career | |||
TPS | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | TPS | 10 | (2) |
2016–2019 | Inter Turku | 41 | (5) |
2016 | → EIF (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2017 | → EIF (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2017 | → PS Kemi (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2020 | IFK Mariehamn | 22 | (14) |
2021–2023 | Djurgården | 11 | (0) |
2022 | → Lahti (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2023 | → IFK Värnamo (loan) | 27 | (3) |
2024 | IFK Värnamo | 0 | (0) |
2024– | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2015–2016 | Finland U17 | 5 | (0) |
2016 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Finland U19 | 11 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Albania U21 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 February 2024 |
Albion Ademi (born 19 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger as a winger. Born in Finland, he has represented both Finland and Albania at youth international level.
Ademi has played for TPS, Inter Turku, EIF and PS Kemi.[3]
On 30 December 2019, Ademi signed a one-year contract with IFK Mariehamn.[4]
He moved to Swedish club Djurgården on a four-year deal in January 2021, for a transfer fee of around €200,000 plus bonuses.[5] On 25 March 2022, Ademi joined Lahti on loan until mid-July 2022.[6][7]
After spending the 2023 season on loan in IFK Värnamo, the club announced his permanent transfer to Värnamo on a deal until 2026, starting in 2024,[8] for a fee of kr800,000, which is roughly around €70,000.[9][10]
However, on 14 February 2024, Ademi signed with Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger from IFK Värnamo. The transfer fee was announced to be kr5.5 million, which corresponds to around €500,000,[11] the highest reported fee in the club's history.[12]
Ademi represented Finland at under-17 and under-19 youth levels.[3] With the under-19 squad, he played two games at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, which Finland hosted.[13]
On 31 August 2018, Ademi received a call-up from the Albania U21 national team for a friendly match against Italy U21[14] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[15]
On 5 October 2018, Ademi received a call-up from Albania U21 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Spain U21 and Estonia U21.[16] He joined up with the team however was unable to play due to him having to wait for FIFA's permission.[17]
In November 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior Albania national football team for UEFA Nations League game against Scotland and a friendly against Wales, but remained on the bench in both games.[18][19]
Ademi is of Kosovo Albanian descent.[20]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
TPS | 2015 | Ykkönen | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | |
Inter Turku | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 8 | 2 | |||
2018 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | 31 | 10 | |||
2019 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Total | 41 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 13 | ||
EIF (loan) | 2016 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
PS Kemi (loan) | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |
IFK Mariehamn | 2020 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 | 14 | ||
Djurgården | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Lahti (loan) | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | |
IFK Värnamo (loan) | 2023 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 28 | 4 | |
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 2024 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 143 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 36 |
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