Anis Mehmeti
{{short description|Albanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anis Mehmeti
| image =
| image_size = 6
| caption = Anis Mehmeti at Bristol City in 2023
| full_name = Anis Mehmeti{{ENFA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|1|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Islington, England
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|order=flip}}
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub = Bristol City
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2015
| youthclubs1 = Fulham
| youthyears2 = 2016–2017
| youthclubs2 = Tottenham Hotspur
| youthyears3 = 2017–2019
| youthclubs3 = Norwich City
| years1 = 2019–2020
| clubs1 = Woodford Town
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2020–2023
| clubs2 = Wycombe Wanderers
| caps2 = 88
| goals2 = 19
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Bristol City
| caps3 = 95
| goals3 = 17
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = Albania U16
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019
| nationalteam2 = Albania U19
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2021
| nationalteam3 = Albania U21
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2023–
| nationalteam4 = Albania
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 7 May 2025 (GMT+7)
| nationalteam-update = 17:45, 19 April 2025 (GMT+7)
}}
Anis Mehmeti (born 9 January 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for {{English football updater|BristolC}} club Bristol City. Born in England, he plays for the Albania national team.
Club career
Mehmeti played for Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur as a schoolboy, before joining Norwich City in 2017. In 2019, Mehmeti signed a contract extension with Norwich until 2020.{{Cite web |date=9 July 2019 |title=Six Academy players commit futures to Norwich City |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2019/july/six-academy-players-commit-futures-to-norwich-city/ |access-date=11 November 2020 |website=www.canaries.co.uk |publisher=Norwich City F.C.}} In November 2019, Mehmeti joined Essex Senior League side Woodford Town,{{Cite web |last=Ranson |first=Jacob |date=18 November 2019 |title=Woodford Town pegged back by Saffron Walden Town |url=https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/sport/football/woodford-town-saffron-walden-town-report-1-6380264 |access-date=11 November 2020 |website=Ilford Recorder}} until March when the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 29 September 2020, Mehmeti joined EFL Championship side Wycombe Wanderers following the introduction of a 'B Team' programme at the club.{{Cite web |date=29 September 2020 |title=Young quartet join the Wanderers |url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2020/september/young-quartet-join-the-wanderers/ |access-date=9 May 2025 |website=www.wwfc.com |publisher=Wycombe Wanderers F.C.}} He made his professional debut on 17 October 2020, appearing as a 79th-minute substitute during a 2–1 loss to Millwall.{{Cite web |date=17 October 2020 |title=Millwall deny Wycombe first point |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54488897 |access-date=11 November 2020 |website=BBC Sport}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/sport/18802712.gareth-ainsworth-praises-anis-mehmeti-millwall-loss/|title='He has a big future in the game' - Gareth Ainsworth praises debutant Anis Mehmeti|website=Bucks Free Press|date=17 October 2020 |accessdate=11 November 2020}} He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw against Queens Park Rangers on 19 December 2020.{{cite web |title=Wycombe 1-1 QPR|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55284003|website=BBC |date=19 December 2020 |accessdate=20 December 2020}} On 30 November 2021 he signed a new contract keeping him at Wycombe Wanderers until June 2024.{{cite web |title=Anis is here to stay|url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2021/november/anis-is-here-to-stay/|website=www.wwfc.com|accessdate=30 November 2021}}
On 31 January 2023, Mehmeti signed for Championship club Bristol City on a three-and-a-half-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/city-sign-anis-mehmeti/|title=📣 CITY SIGN ANIS MEHMETI|website=www.bcfc.co.uk|date=31 January 2023|accessdate=31 January 2023}} The fee, although undisclosed, was a club-record fee received for Wycombe.{{cite web|url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2023/january/31/anis-mehmeti-joins-bristol-city/|title=Anis Mehmeti joins Bristol City|website=www.wwfc.com|date=31 January 2023|accessdate=31 January 2023}}
International career
Mehmeti represented Albania at under-16 and under-19 levels.
On 25 May 2021, Mehmeti earned his first call-up to the Albania national under-21 football team for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Andorra under-21s on 4 June 2021 and a friendly match against Bulgaria under-21s on 8 June 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2021/may/anis-earns-first-international-call-up/|title=Anis earns first international call-up|publisher=Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|date=25 May 2021|access-date=26 May 2021}} eventually making his debut and scoring his first goal in the first of those games.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2031857--andorra-vs-albania/|title=Andorra 0–3 Albania|publisher=UEFA|date=4 June 2021|access-date=5 June 2021}}
In March 2023, he received his first call-up to the Albanian senior national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Poland.{{Cite web |last=Beqiri |first=Olta |date=17 March 2023 |title=Trajneri Sylvinho shpall listën e Kombëtares për ndeshjen e parë kualifikuese të Euro 2024 ndaj Polonisë |url=https://fshf.org/sq/trajneri-sylvinho-shpall-listen-e-kombetares-per-ndeshjen-e-pare-kualifikuese-te-euro-2024-ndaj-polonise/ |access-date=17 March 2023 |website=FSHF |language=sq}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 12 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=Anis Mehmeti|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/anis-mehmeti/482669/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=19 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Woodford Town
|2019–20{{cite web|url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/statsForPlayer.html?selectedSeasonID=575392319&personID=400817297&selectedStatisticDisplayMode=1&selectedOrgStatRecordingTypeID_ForSort=|title=Anis Mehmeti player stats|publisher=Full-Time FA|accessdate=19 April 2025}} |11 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|One appearance in Errington Challenge Cup, one appearance in London Senior Cup, one appearance and one goal in Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy}} | 1 | 14 | 2 | |||
| rowspan=4|Wycombe Wanderers
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|134964|2020|access-date=16 October 2022}} |29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|134964|2021|access-date=16 October 2022}}
|32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 38 | 7 | |
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|134964|2022|access-date=16 October 2022}}
|League One |27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!88||19||3||0||4||0||2||0||97||19 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="4" |Bristol City
|Championship |15 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|134964|2023|access-date=18 August 2023}}
|Championship |38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 44 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|134964|2024|access-date=9 May 2025}}
|Championship |42 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs}} | 0 | 46 | 12 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!95||17||5||0||3||0||2||0||105||17 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!194||37||8||0||7||0||7||1||216||38 |
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References
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{{Bristol City F.C. squad}}
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Category:Albanian men's footballers
Category:Albania men's international footballers
Category:Albania men's youth international footballers
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Islington
Category:English people of Albanian descent
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Woodford Town F.C. players
Category:Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Bristol City F.C. players
Category:Essex Senior Football League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:English people of Kosovan descent