Anis Mehmeti (born 9 January 2001) is a professional

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who plays as an

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for club

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...

. Born in England, he plays for the Albania national team.

Club career

Mehmeti played for

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and

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as a schoolboy, before joining

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

in 2017. In 2019, Mehmeti signed a contract extension with Norwich until 2020. In November 2019, Mehmeti joined Essex Senior League side Woodford Town, until March when the season was cancelled due to the

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. On 29 September 2020, Mehmeti joined

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side

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

following the introduction of a 'B Team' programme at the club. He made his professional debut on 17 October 2020, appearing as a 79th-minute substitute during a 2–1 loss to

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. He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw against

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on 19 December 2020. On 30 November 2021 he signed a new contract keeping him at

until June 2024. On 31 January 2023, Mehmeti signed for

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club

on a three-and-a-half-year deal. The fee, although undisclosed, was a club-record fee received for Wycombe.

International career

Mehmeti represented

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

at under-16 and under-19 levels. On 25 May 2021, Mehmeti earned his first call-up to the

Albania national under-21 football team The Albania national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which is held every two years. ...

for the

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match against Andorra under-21s on 4 June 2021 and a friendly match against Bulgaria under-21s on 8 June 2021, eventually making his debut and scoring his first goal in the first of those games. In March 2023, he received his first call-up to the Albanian senior national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against

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Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehmeti, Anis 2001 births Living people Albanian men's footballers Albania men's international footballers Albania men's youth international footballers English men's footballers Footballers from the London Borough of Islington English people of Albanian descent Men's association football midfielders Norwich City F.C. players Woodford Town F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Essex Senior Football League players English Football League players Kosovo Albanians English people of Kosovan descent 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Albanian sportsmen