Ylli Sallahi
{{short description|Austrian professional footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ylli Sallahi
| image =
| fullname = Ylli Sallahi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|4|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia{{cite web | url = http://asport.al/ekskluzive-ja-kush-eshte-ylli-sallahi/ | title = Ekskluzive : Ja kush është Ylli Sallahi | language = sq| publisher = asport.al | date = 8 January 2014 | access-date = 22 September 2014}}
| height = 1.75 m
| position = Left-back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1998–2011 | youthclubs1 = Kapfenberger SV
| youthyears2 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs2 = Bayern Munich
| years1 = 2012–2014 | clubs1 = Bayern Munich II | caps1 = 48 | goals1 = 11
| years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = Bayern Munich | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015–2017 | clubs3 = Karlsruher SC | caps3 = 33 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2016–2017 | clubs4 = Karlsruher SC II | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2016 |nationalteam1 = Austria U21 |nationalcaps1 = 11 |nationalgoals1 = 2
| club-update = 21:42, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 21:42, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
}}
Ylli Sallahi (born 6 April 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and is a free agent. He most recently played for Karlsruher SC in the 3. Liga.
Early life
Club career
=Early career=
In his youth he played for local club Kapfenberger SV before being signed by Bayern Munich in 2011.{{cite web|title=Sallahi to follow Shaqiri's footsteps|url=http://kosovodiaspora.org/2014/01/15/ylli-sallahi-to-follow-shaqiris-footsteps/|publisher=Kosovodiaspora|access-date=5 April 2014}} He commented "I want to develop my career in a big club."{{cite web|title=Sallahi signs for Bayern Munich|url=http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/nachwuchs/1104/Artikel/ylli-sallahi-fc-bayern-muenchen-nachwuchs-talent-aus-oesterreich-kapfenberger-sv.html|publisher=Spox|access-date=5 April 2014}} He was a regular for the youth team, playing 27 matches in the first season for the U19 team.
On 5 April 2014, Sallahi made his Bundesliga debut, starting away to FC Augsburg, after head coach Pep Guardiola decided to rest some of the players of the first team for the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United. He was substituted after 51 minutes for David Alaba as Bayern, who were already league champions, lost 1–0.{{cite news|title=Augsburg 1–0 Bayern Munich: Molders sends champions crashing to first Bundesliga defeat|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/augsburg-vs-bayern-m%C3%BCnchen/1487280/report?ICID=MP_MS_5|access-date=1 November 2014|work=Goal.com|date=5 April 2014}}
=Karlsruher SC=
On 19 December 2014, effective 1 January 2015, Sallahi signed a contract with Karlsruher SC which runs to June 2018.{{cite news|title=KSC angelt sich Bayern-Talent Sallahi|url=https://www.kicker.de/ksc-angelt-sich-bayern-talent-sallahi-617860/artikel|access-date=3 January 2015|publisher=kicker|date=19 December 2014|language=de}} He left the club after the 2016–17 season.{{cite web | url = http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.nach-nur-20-minuten-muskelverletzung-sallahi-muss-training-abbrechen.36d456dd-de86-49f5-8b32-e9f5bf56e735.html | title = Muskelverletzung? Sallahi muss Training abbrechen | language = de | website = Abendzeitung | date = 28 August 2017 | access-date = 28 August 2017}}
In late August 2017 Sallahi started a trial with TSV 1860 Munich but had to end training early after 30 minutes, "probably due to a muscle injury".{{cite news |title=TSV 1860 München: Ylli Sallahi - ehemaliger Bayern-Profi im Löwen-Training |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/sport/tsv1860/tsv-1860-muenchen-ylli-sallahi-ehemaliger-bayern-profi-im-loewen-training-art-412607 |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Abendzeitung München |date=28 August 2017 |language=de}}
International
In January 2014, Sallahi refused to play for Albania,{{cite web | url = http://www.sportishqiptar.com.al/newsite/2014/01/13/sallahi-refuzon-shqiperine-i-ati-jemi-austriake/ | title = Sallahi refuzon Shqipërinë, i ati: Jemi austriakë | language = sq | publisher = Sportishqiptar | date = 13 January 2014 | access-date = 6 April 2014}} whereas in May of that year he declared he would not play for Austria either, but only for Kosovo.{{cite web | url = http://www.yllpress.com/98182/as-me-shqiperine-as-me-austrine-por-me-kosoven.html | title = As me Shqipërinë, as me Austrinë, por me Kosovën | language = sq | publisher = yllpress.com | access-date = 22 September 2014}} Nevertheless, he made his debut for the Austria U21 team in a 4–2 victory over the Czech U21 on 14 November 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.fussballoesterreich.at/foes/Nationalteam-Herren/U21/U21-SIEGT-4-2-GEGEN-TSCHECHIEN.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117161144/https://www.fussballoesterreich.at/foes/Nationalteam-Herren/U21/U21-SIEGT-4-2-GEGEN-TSCHECHIEN.html|archive-date=17 November 2015|title= U21 siegt 4:2 gegen Tschechien|trans-title=U21 wins 4–2 against Tschechien|language=de|date=14 November 2014|publisher=fussballoesterreich.at}} and has thus far earned five caps.{{cite web|url=http://www.fussballoesterreich.at/foes/Home/?s=%2Fnetzwerk%2Fspielerdetails%2F2%2F670725461856634215_100094~1022827967128114552~0.htm|title=Spielerprofil Ylli Sallahi|access-date=17 November 2015|language=de|publisher=fussballoesterreich.at}}
=Kosovo=
On 21 September 2016, Sallahi agreed to play for the Kosovo national team, his country of birth.{{cite web | url = http://www.korneri.net/?p=5956 | title = Dy lojtarë të talentuar te Kosova | language = sq | website = Korneri | date = 21 September 2016 | access-date = 21 September 2016}}
Honours
=Club=
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|ylli-sallahi/154297}}
- [https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/ylli-sallahi.html Eurosport profile]
- [https://www.fupa.net/spieler/ylli-sallahi-151049.html German career stats] - FuPa
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Category:Sportspeople from Skenderaj
Category:Footballers from the District of Mitrovica
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Austria men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Austria men's youth international footballers
Category:Kosovan men's footballers
Category:Austrian people of Kosovan descent
Category:FC Bayern Munich footballers
Category:FC Bayern Munich II players
Category:Karlsruher SC players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Kosovan emigrants to Austria
Category:Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany