| Rei Qilimi | |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Sarandë, Albania |
| Clubnumber: | 13 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2013 |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2016 |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Tirana B |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs4: | Tirana |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2019- |
| Clubs5: | Egnatia |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 4 October 2019 |
Rei Qilimi (born 10 June 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Albanian club Egnatia and the Albania national under-21 football team.
Qilimi started his youth career with Dinamo Tirana aged 14. After spending 2 season here, he moved at Partizani Tirana. At Partizani he was promoted to the first team during the 2014–season but didn't made its first team debut. In February 2016 he was returned to Dinamo Tirana where he managed to make his professional debut and played until 10 October 2016 where he signed with Tirana B. During the 2016–17 season he played 22 matches in the Albanian Second Division where in most of them he was team's Captain and managed to score 6 goals.[1]
Qilimi received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a gathering between 14 and 17 May 2017 with most of the players selected from Albanian championships.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[3] | Other[4] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Partizani Tirana | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dinamo Tirana | 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Tirana B | 2016–17 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 24 | 6 | — | — | — | 24 | 6 | ||||||
| Tirana | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[5] | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 7 | ||||