 Ademi with Dinamo Zagreb in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Arijan Ademi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Šibenik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Šibenik | 56 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2023 | Dinamo Zagreb | 230 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Lokomotiva (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Beijing Guoan | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Dinamo Zagreb | 33 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Croatia U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Croatia U19 | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Croatia U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Croatia U21 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Croatia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2023 | North Macedonia | 33 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:00, 20 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:10, 9 October 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Arijan Ademi (Macedonian: Аријан Адеми; born 29 May 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Croatian Football League club Dinamo Zagreb.
Ademi started his professional career at Šibenik, debuting for the senior squad on 22 March 2008, aged just 16 years. On 16 June 2010, he was transferred to reigning Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, becoming the team captain in 2017. Through twelve seasons at the club, Ademi became the most decorated player in club's history, having won 21 trophies.[2]
Born in Croatia to Macedonian Albanian parents, Ademi represented his country of birth at various youth levels. Despite even making three appearances for the senior team, on 9 October 2014, he debuted for the Macedonia national team in an official match. He was selected to represent North Macedonia at UEFA Euro 2020.
In 2015, Ademi initially received a four-year suspension for doping, which was subsequently reduced to two years.[3]
- ^ "Arijan Ademi". GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Olivari, Davorin (5 December 2020). "Kakva godina, dobio sam sina, idem na Euro i s Dinamom imam proljeće u Europi! Transfer? Vidjet ćemo!". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Arijan Ademi: Dinamo Zagreb midfielder's doping ban cut to two years". BBC Sport. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.