Lumbardh Salihu (born 18 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Austrian club FC Mistelbach. Salihu lately competed on the celebrity version of Big Brother VIP Kosova and was crowned as the winner of the 2nd season on 2 February 2024.

Lumbardh Salihu
Salihu with Austria at the 2015 FIFPro Tournament
Personal information
Full name Lumbardh Salihu
Date of birth (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Gjilan, Kosovo
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Mistelbach
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2010 Floridsdorfer AC
2008–2009Brigittenau (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Wiener Linien 16 (11)
2010–2011 Liesing ASK 8 (4)
2011 Wienerberg 11 (4)
2011–2012 Northampton Town 2 (0)
2012–2014 Austria Klagenfurt 18 (0)
2013–2014 Annabichler SV 13 (2)
2015 Post SV Wien 13 (2)
2015–2016 SV Oberwart 16 (3)
2016 1. SC Sollenau 12 (1)
2016–2017 SV Schwechat 13 (2)
2017 Llapi 5 (0)
2017–2018 SV Haitzendorf 26 (2)
2018–2019 Obergänsernndorf 24 (0)
2019–2021 Oberp./Schwarz. 20 (2)
2022 Gerasdorf/Stammersdorf 7 (0)
2022– FC Mistelbach 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:18, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Career

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Youth career

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On 2005. Salihu started the career at Floridsdorfer AC. While, on 2008 was on loan for a year to Brigittenau.[clarification needed]

Wiener

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On 1 July 2009. Salihu signed to Wiener Stadtliga

AC Milan

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On 1 July 2010. Salihu signed to L.A. Riverside.[clarification needed]

Wienerberg

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On 1 January 2011. Salihu signed to Wiener Stadtliga side Wienerberg. On 13 March 2011, he making his debut in a 1–2 away win against Landstraßer after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute in place of Denis Gavrilovic.[clarification needed]

Northampton Town

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On 29 July 2011. Salihu signed to League Two side Northampton Town.[1] On 23 August 2011, he made his debut in a 4–0 defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers in an EFL Cup match[2] and after debut Gary Johnson, the Northampton Town manager said of his debut that "He's only just come back from an injury and he's only 18 so it was one of those where we just wanted to give him a little feel for it".

Austria Klagenfurt and Annabichler SV

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On 4 July 2012. Salihu signed to Regionalliga Mitte side Austria Klagenfurt and in 2013–14 season, he also came to Landesliga Kärnten side Annabichler SV (farm team).[clarification needed]

Post SV Wien

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On 1 January 2015. Salihu signed to Wiener Stadtliga side Post SV Wien. On 27 February 2015, he making his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Ostbahn XI after being named in the starting line-up.[clarification needed]

Regionalliga Ost

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He played for some the Regionalliga Ost teams as with Oberwart (2015–2016), 1. SC Sollenau (2016) and SV Schwechat (2016–2017).[clarification needed]

Llapi

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On 21 January 2017. Salihu signed to Football Superleague of Kosovo side Llapi.[3][4]

Rapid Wien

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On 1 July 2017. Salihu signed to 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga side Haitzendorf. On 12 August 2017, he making his debut in a 1–1 home draw against Rohrbach/Gölsen after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Benjamin Pasic.[clarification needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Northampton Town sign up Austrian duo". BBC Sport. 29 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Northampton Town: Cobblers have their moments but Wolves cruise to victory". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 24 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Lumbardh Salihu bëhet pjese e FC Llapit" (in Albanian). Llapi. 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Lumbardh Salihu lë Austrinë për t'iu bashkuar FC Llapit" (in Albanian). Llapi. 21 January 2017.
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