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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 6 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Skënderbeu Korçë | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Flamurtari Prishtina | ||
| 2012–2013 | Prishtina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Prishtina | ||
| 2015– | Skënderbeu | 76 | (21) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Albania U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Albania U21 | 9 | (4) |
| 2016– | Albania | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:55, 31 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2017 |
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Liridon Latifi (born 6 February 1994) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Skënderbeu Korçë in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national team.
Latifi starter his youth career at Flamurtari Prishtina in 2005 where he remained until 2011. Next year, he joined his hometown club Prishtina where he also made his professional debut. In January 2015, Latifi signed with Albanian champions of Skënderbeu Korçë and later aided the club to win its fifth-consecutive league title.
Latifi was called-up for the first time in Albania U-19 side in 2012 where he made his competitive debut. In March 2015, he was called up to play with Albania U-21 side in their bid to qualify in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
Latifi joined local side Flamurtari Prishtina at the age of 11 in 2005, initially joining the youth club and eventually working his way up the ranks to the first team which he joined in 2011. Soon after joining the first team he left Flamurtari and joined Kosovo's most successful club Prishtina in January 2012. He first played for the club's youth team before progressing through to the first team the following season. While at Prishtina, Latifi along with his teammates Enis Gavazaj and Lorik Aliu went on trial with German giants Borussia Dortmund which initially lasted a week, but was then extended so they players could feature in the Blue Stars FIFA Youth Cup and the RUHR-Cup International youth tournament. They three players were not offered contracts at the end of their trials and subsequently returned to FC Prishtina.