| Altin Zeqiri | |
| Fullname: | Altin Zeqiri |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Espoo, Finland[1] |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Çaykur Rizespor |
| Clubnumber: | 77 |
| Youthclubs1: | EBK |
| Youthyears2: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Honka |
| Youthyears3: | 2016–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | Espoo |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Espoo |
| Caps1: | 30 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
| Years2: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs2: | Lahti |
| Caps2: | 87 |
| Goals2: | 18 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | Çaykur Rizespor |
| Caps3: | 37 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Kosovo U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | Kosovo |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 12 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 18 November 2023 |
Altin Zeqiri (born 18 July 2000) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor. Born and raised in Finland, Zeqiri represents the Kosovo national football team.
Born in Espoo, Finland, Zeqiri started to play football in the youth sectors of local clubs EBK, FC Honka and FC Espoo.[1] [2]
Zeqiri started his senior career in 2017 with FC Espoo, playing in Kakkonen.[3]
On 23 July 2019, Zeqiri signed a two-year contract with Veikkausliiga club Lahti and received squad number 24.[4] Eighteen days later, he made his debut in a 4–0 away defeat against HJK after coming on as a substitute at 85th minute in place of Josu.[5] On 5 October 2021, he extended his contract with Lahti until the end of the 2023 season.[6] [7]
On 9 August 2023, Zeqiri was acquired by Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor on a three-year deal, with an option for an additional year, for an undisclosed fee.[8] He debuted in Süper Lig on 13 August 2023, after being named in the starting line up in a 2–1 away loss against Adana Demirspor, playing full 90 minutes in the match.[9] Zeqiri scored his first goal in the league on 21 October 2023, in a 3–1 away loss against Kayserispor.[10]
On 15 March 2021, Zeqiri received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the friendly matches against Qatar U23.[11] Eleven days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in first match against Qatar U23 after being named in the starting line-up.[12]
In August 2023, Zeqiri received his first call-up to the Kosovo senior national team by head coach Primož Gliha, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Switzerland and Romania.[13] [14] He scored a goal in his full international debut for Kosovo on 12 October 2023, in a 0–3 away win against Andorra.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Espoo | 2017 | Kakkonen | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 3 | |||
| 2018 | Kakkonen | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||||
| 2019 | Kakkonen | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 5 | |||
| Total | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | |||
| Lahti | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
| 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 7 | ||||
| 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 34 | 7 | |||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 23 | 8 | |||
| Total | 87 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 26 | |||
| Çaykur Rizespor | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 5 | |||
| 2024–25 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| --> | Total | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 154 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 42 | |||
As of match played on 18 November 2023. Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first.