Vesel Limaj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Freising, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Drita | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | SSV Ulm 1846 | ||
| 2004–2007 | 1. FC Neukölln | ||
| 2007–2008 | SV Lichtenberg 47 | ||
| 2008–2010 | Berliner FC Dynamo | ||
| 2010–2013 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||
| 2013–2015 | Energie Cottbus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Hamburger SV II | 9 | (0) |
| 2017 | SV Horn | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Bylis | 11 | (1) |
| 2018–2021 | Kukësi | 93 | (13) |
| 2021–2023 | Tirana | 49 | (6) |
| 2023 | Hermannstadt | 15 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Ballkani | 29 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Malisheva | 31 | (2) |
| 2025– | Drita | 32 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2026 | |||
Vesel Limaj (born 1 December 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Drita.[1]
Early career
[edit]Born in Freising, Germany to Kosovo Albanian parents from Malisheva, Limaj started his youth career at SSV Ulm 1846 at the age of 6, before going on to play for 1. FC Neukölln, SV Lichtenberg 47, Berliner FC Dynamo, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Energie Cottbus at youth level. He joined Hamburger SV II in the summer of 2015 where he would remain until January 2017, which is when he signed for Austrian Football First League club SV Horn.[2][3] He signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with SV Horn but made just one substitute appearance in the league before leaving the club at the end of the 2016–17 season
In July 2023, Limaj signed a contract with Ballkani.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Kukësi
- Albanian Cup: 2018–19
- Albanian Supercup runner-up: 2019
- Tirana
- Drita
References
[edit]- ↑ Soccerway profile
- ↑ Unbekannte Legionäre: Diese Deutschen kicken auf der ganzen Welt verstreut
- ↑ SV Horn verstärkt sich mit Mittelfeldspieler Limaj vom HSV
- ↑ "Zyrtare: Ballkani nënshkruan me mesfushorin Vesel Limaj" [Official: Balkan signed midfielder Vesel Limaj] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Freising
- Footballers from Upper Bavaria
- German people of Kosovan descent
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Regionalliga players
- Hamburger SV II players
- SV Horn players
- KF Tirana players
- FK Kukësi players
- KF Bylis players
- Liga I players
- Football Superleague of Kosovo players
- FC Hermannstadt players
- FC Ballkani players
- KF Malisheva players
- FC Drita players
- Kategoria Superiore players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- German expatriate sportspeople in Albania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
- German expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo
- German expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- 21st-century German sportsmen