Rei Qilimi (born 10 June 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Albanian club Egnatia Rrogozhinë and the Albania national under-21 football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Sarandë, Albania | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Egnatia | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
| 2013–2016 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Partizani Tirana | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Dinamo Tirana | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Tirana B | 24 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | Tirana | 10 | (2) |
| 2019- | Egnatia | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2019 | |||
Qilimi started his youth career with Dinamo Tirana at age of 14. After spending 2 season here, he moved at Partizani Tirana. At Partizani he was promoted to the first team during the 2014–season but didn't made its first team debut. In February 2016 he was returned to Dinamo Tirana where he managed to make his professional debut and played until 10 October 2016 where he signed with Tirana B. During the 2016–17 season he played 22 matches in the Albanian Second Division where in most of them he was team's Captain and managed to score 6 goals.[1]
Qilimi received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a gathering between 14–17 May 2017 with most of the players selected from Albanian championships.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[lower-alpha 1] | Other[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partizani Tirana | 2014–15 | Albanian Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Tirana | 2015–16 | Albanian First Division | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tirana B | 2016–17 | Albanian Second Division | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | |||
| 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 24 | 6 | — | — | — | 24 | 6 | |||||
| Tirana | 2017–18 | Albanian First Division | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |
| Career total | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 7 | |||