Valmir Veliu

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Valmir Veliu

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|6|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Podujevë, Kosovo under UN administration

| height = 1.77 m{{cite web|url=https://www.gaziantepfk.org/branslar/futbol/profesyonel-a-futbol-takimi/valmir-veliu |title=Valmir Veliu |publisher=Gaziantep F.K. |access-date=12 November 2022}}

| position = Winger

| currentclub = Llapi

| clubnumber = 70

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}

| youthclubs1 = Liridoni Football School

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| youthclubs2 = Ramiz Sadiku

| years1 = 2018–2022

| clubs1 = Llapi

| caps1 = 104

| goals1 = 20

| years2 = 2022–2023

| clubs2 = Gaziantep

| caps2 = 18

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2023

| clubs3 = → İstanbulspor (loan)

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = Llapi

| caps4 = 26

| goals4 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2020–2022

| nationalteam1 = Kosovo U21

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2020–

| nationalteam2 = Kosovo

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 5 January 2025

| nationalteam-update = 16 November 2022

}}

Valmir Veliu (born 4 June 2000) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Llapi and the Kosovo national team.

Club career

=Llapi=

On 18 June 2018, Veliu signed his first professional contract with Football Superleague of Kosovo side Llapi after agreeing to a three-year deal.{{cite news|url=https://telegrafi.com/transferime-te-reja-dhe-rinovime-te-llapi/|title=Transferime të reja dhe rinovime te Llapi|trans-title=New transfers and renovations to Llapi|quote=Gjatë ditës së hënë, Valmir Veliu ka nënshkruar kontratë profesionale me Llapin për tre vitet e ardhshme|language=Albanian|publisher=Telegrafi|date=18 June 2018}} On 29 September 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against KEK after coming on as a substitute of Festim Alidema.{{cite news|url=https://llapifc.com/2018/09/29/java-vii-llapi-kek-u-2-0/|title=Java VII: LLAPI – KEK-u 2–0|trans-title=Week VII: LLAPI – KEK-U 2–0|quote=Llapi: 13. Afrim Ademi – 18. Ilir Blakçori, 14. Egzon Sinani, 5. Dardan Jashari, 4. Bujar Idrizi – 16. Hamdi Namani/C/, 6. Kushtrim Shabani, 10. Edon Zeqiri (17. Arbnor Ramadani) – 97. Festim Alidema (77. Valmir Veliu), 11. Fiton Hajdari (95. Alban Rexhepi)|language=Albanian|publisher=KF Llapi|date=29 September 2018}}

=Gaziantep=

On 26 June 2022, Veliu signed a three-year contract with Süper Lig club Gaziantep.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaziantepfk.org/haberler/transfer-valmir-veliu-gazi-antep-te|title=Transfer {{!}} Valmir Veliu Gaziantep'te!|trans-title=Transfer {{!}} Valmir Veliu in Gaziantep!|language=Turkish|publisher=Gaziantep F.K.|date=26 June 2022}} Gaziantep reportedly paid a €180 thousand transfer fee.{{cite news|url=https://www.koha.net/sport/332004/llapi-perfiton-180-mije-euro-nga-shitja-e-veliut/|title=Llapi përfiton 180 mijë euro nga shitja e Veliut|trans-title=Llapi benefits 180 thousand euros from the sale of Veliu|language=Albanian|publisher=Koha Ditore|date=26 June 2022}} On 6 August 2022, he made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Sivasspor after coming on as a substitute at 64th minute in place of Lazar Marković.{{cite tweet|user=GaziantepFK|author-link=Gaziantep F.K.|number=1555972281444306945|language=Turkish|date=6 August 2022|title=64' Çıkan oyuncu Lazar Markovic, giren oyuncu Valmir Veliu|trans-title=64' Lazar Markovic out, Valmir Veliu in}} Veliu's contract with Gazianstep was terminated on 27 September 2023.{{TFF player|2419568}}

International career

On 24 December 2019, Veliu received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden,{{cite news|url=http://ffk-kosova.com/lista-e-futbollisteve-per-ndeshjen-kosove-suedi/|title=Lista e futbollistëve për ndeshjen Kosovë–Suedi|trans-title=List of players for the match Kosovo–Sweden|language=Albanian|publisher=Football Federation of Kosovo|date=24 December 2019}} and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Herolind Shala.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=16812|title=Sweden (1–0) Kosovo|website=eu-football.info|date=12 January 2020}}