Patriot Sejdiu

Patriot Sejdiu (born 5 May 2000) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Dutch Eerste Divisie club NAC Breda, on loan from Swedish side Malmö.

Patriot Sejdiu
Sejdiu (right) in action with Malmö 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
 NAC Breda
Youth career
0000 Hörby
0000–2015 Södra Rörum[1]
2015–2019 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Malmö FF 29 (5)
2020 → Dalkurd (loan) 16 (5)
2023– → NAC Breda (loan) 4 (2)
International career‡
2022– Kosovo U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 August 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 to 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]

Loan to NAC Breda

On 10 August 2023, Sejdiu moved on a new loan to NAC Breda in the Netherlands, with an option to buy.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

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. "NAC HEEFT AANVALLENDE VERSTERKING BINNEN MET PATRIOT SEJDIU" [NAC HAS OFFENSIVE REINFORCEMENTS WITH PATRIOT SEJDIU] (in Dutch). NAC Breda. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. "Storseger mot Anorthosis Famagusta" [Great victory against Anorthosis Famagusta] (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 15 January 2020.
  9. "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.
  10. "Formacionet zyrtare: Kosova U21 – Sllovenia U21" [Official line-ups: Kosovo U21 – Slovenia U21]. Sinjali.com (in Albanian). 25 March 2022.
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