Patriot Sejdiu

Patriot Sejdiu (born 5 May 2000) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Swedish club Malmö FF.

Patriot Sejdiu
Sejdiu (right) playing for Malmö FF in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000
Place of birth Pristina, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Malmö FF
Number 36
Youth career
0000 Hörby
0000–2015 Södra Rörum[1]
2015–2019 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Malmö FF 21 (5)
2020 → Dalkurd (loan) 16 (5)
International career‡
2022– Kosovo U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2022

Club career

Malmö FF

On 8 January 2020, Sejdiu signed his first professional contract with Allsvenskan side Malmö FF after agreeing to a one-season deal and received squad number 36.[1]

Loan at Dalkurd

On 30 January 2020, Sejdiu joined Superettan side Dalkurd, on a season-long loan.[2] His debut with Dalkurd came on 16 June in a 0–0 away draw against Akropolis after coming on as a substitute at 74th minute in place of Arian Kabashi.[3]

Return from loan

Sejdiu returned to Malmö at the beginning of the 2021 season, but without being able to play due to knee injury.[4] On 20 November 2021, he was named as a Malmö substitute for the first time in a league match against Häcken.[5] His debut with Malmö came on 26 February 2022 in the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen group stage against Ängelholm after coming on as a substitute at 84th minute in place of Veljko Birmančević.[6]

International career

In January 2020, Sejdiu becomes part of Sweden U20 with which he made his debut in a unofficial friendly match against Anorthosis Famagusta U21 after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's sixth goal during a 7–0 away deep win.[7]

On 29 August 2020, Sejdiu received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against England U21.[8] His debut with Kosovo U21 came on 25 March 2022 in a 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Slovenia U21 after being named in the starting line-up.[9]

Honours
Malmö FF

References
  1. "Malmö FF skriver lärlingskontrakt med Patriot Sejdiu" [Malmö FF signs apprenticeship contract with Patriot Sejdiu]. mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. "Patriot Sejdiu lånas ut till Dalkurd FF" [Patriot Sejdiu is loaned to Dalkurd FF] (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 January 2020.
  3. "Akropolis vs. Dalkurd 0–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. "Te Malmo të kënaqur me formën e Sejdiut" [To Malmo satisfied with Sejdiu's form] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 5 February 2022.
  5. "Malmö vs. Häcken 2–2". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  6. "Ängelholm vs. Malmö 1–5". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  7. "Storseger mot Anorthosis Famagusta" [Great victory against Anorthosis Famagusta] (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 15 January 2020.
  8. "Prekazi publikon listën e futbollistëve për ndeshjen kundër Anglisë" [Prekazi publishes the list of footballers for the match against England] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 29 August 2020.
  9. "Formacionet zyrtare: Kosova U21 – Sllovenia U21" [Official line-ups: Kosovo U21 – Slovenia U21]. Sinjali.com (in Albanian). 25 March 2022.
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