Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ismet Lushaku | ||
Date of birth | 22 September 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Eskilstuna, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | IFK Norrköping | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | IFK Eskilstuna | ||
2016–2019 | AFC Eskilstuna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | AFC Eskilstuna | 65 | (2) |
2019 | → IFK Eskilstuna (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Varbergs BoIS | 47 | (0) |
2024– | IFK Norrköping | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2021 | Kosovo U21 | 10 | (0) |
2020 | Kosovo | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2021 |
Ismet Lushaku (born 22 September 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Kosovo national team.
On 2 May 2019, Lushaku signed his first professional contract with Allsvenskan side AFC Eskilstuna after agreeing to a three-year deal.[1] Sixteen days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against Helsingborgs IF after coming on as a substitute at 60th minute in place of Wilhelm Loeper.[2]
On 17 January 2022, Lushaku signed a four-year contract with Allsvenskan club Varbergs BoIS.[3] His debut with Varbergs BoIS came on 19 February in the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen group stage against Sollentuna after being named in the starting line-up.[4]
On 27 May 2019, Lushaku received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Andorra U21 and Turkey U21.[5] Ten days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in a match against Andorra U21 after coming on as a substitute at 66th minute in place of Mirlind Daku.[6]
On 24 December 2019, Lushaku received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden,[7] and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 32nd minute in place of injured Florian Loshaj.[8]