Ardin Dallku (born 1 November 1994) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for Kosovan club

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Club career

Vorskla Poltava

On 10 January 2012, Dallku signed to Ukrainian club

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. On 1 July 2016, he promoted to the first team and on 10 December 2016, he made his debut in a 0–1 away win against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

Shkëndija

On 24 October 2019, Dallku signed a precontract with

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club Shkëndija and this transfer would become legally effective in January 2020. On 1 March 2020, he made his debut in a 4–1 home win against Makedonija Gjorče Petrov after being named in the starting line-up.

International career

On 28 August 2017, Dallku received a call-up from

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for the

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matches against

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and

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. On 13 November 2017, he making his debut with Kosovo in

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against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

Personal life

Dallku was born in Vushtrri, Kosovo and is the son of former Yugoslavia international Sabit Dallku and is the younger brother of former Albania international

Armend Dallku Armend Sabit Dallku (born 16 June 1983) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is a current manager of Vushtrria. He represented Albania at under-21 and full international level, collecting 64 international senior ca ...

. He holds Kosovan,

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, and

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passports.

Career statistics

Club

International

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* * * 1994 births Footballers from Vushtrri Living people Kosovan men's footballers Kosovo men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders FC Vorskla Poltava players KF Shkëndija players SC Gjilani players KF Dukagjini players FC Vushtrria players Ukrainian Premier League players Macedonian First Football League players Football Superleague of Kosovo players Kosovan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub