# Albion Ademi

Albion Ademi (born 19 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger as a winger. Ademi has represented both Finland and Albania at youth international level.

## Club career

Ademi spent his early career with TPS, Inter Turku, EIF and PS Kemi, playing in the second-tier Ykkönen and first-tier Veikkausliiga.
On 30 December 2019, Ademi signed a one-year contract with IFK Mariehamn.
He moved to Swedish club Djurgården on a four-year deal in January 2021, for a transfer fee of around €200,000 plus bonuses. On 25 March 2022, Ademi returned to Veikkausliiga and joined FC Lahti on loan until mid-July 2022. After spending the 2023 season on loan in IFK Värnamo, the club announced his permanent transfer to Värnamo on a deal until 2026, starting in 2024, for a fee of kr800,000, which is roughly around €70,000.
However, on 14 February 2024, Ademi signed with Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger from IFK Värnamo. The transfer fee was announced to be kr5.5 million, which corresponds to around €500,000, which is the highest incoming fee in IFK Värnamo's history. On 2 March 2024, Ademi debuted in the league with his new club, scoring the only goal for his side, in a 1–1 draw against Nantong Zhiyun.

## International career

Ademi represented Finland at under-17 and under-19 youth levels. With the under-19 squad, he played two games at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, which Finland hosted.
On 31 August 2018, Ademi received a call-up from the Albania U21 national team for a friendly match against Italy U21 and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.
On 5 October 2018, Ademi received a call-up from Albania U21 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Spain U21 and Estonia U21. He joined up with the team however was unable to play due to him having to wait for FIFA's permission.
In November 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior Albania national football team for UEFA Nations League game against Scotland and a friendly against Wales, but remained on the bench in both games.

## Personal life

Ademi was born in Kosovo, but relocated to Finland with his family due to Kosovo War in 1999, when he was a few months old. He was raised in Runosmäki neighbourhood of Turku.

## Career statistics

    As of 28 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| TPS | 2015 | Ykkönen | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 |
| Inter Turku | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Inter Turku | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 2 |
| Inter Turku | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 31 | 10 |
| Inter Turku | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Inter Turku | Total | Total | 41 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 13 |
| EIF (loan) | 2016 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| EIF (loan) | 2017 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| PS Kemi (loan) | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 |
| IFK Mariehamn | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 14 |
| Djurgården | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Djurgården | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Djurgården | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lahti (loan) | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 |
| IFK Värnamo (loan) | 2023 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 4 |
| IFK Värnamo | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 2024 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 9 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 172 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 45 |
* ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Svenska Cupen
* ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

## Honours

Individual
* Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2020
* Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: August 2020