Ardit Deliu (born 26 October 1997) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Ballkani .

Club career

Early career

Deliu started his youth career in 2011 at local club Besa as a 14 years old. During the 2012–13 season he played for the under-17 side managed by Ylli Teliti forming a strong duo striker partnership with Regi Lushkja, where in the first half of the season the duo scored 90% off all Besa Under-17 goals.

Besa

He gained entry with the first team in 2014 as he was included by the coach

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to participate in an

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match against Veleçiku on 22 October 2014 where he also made his debut by coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Darlien Bajaziti. One month later Deliu made his league debut against Burreli on 22 November 2014 and also scored his first goal for Besa. He concluded the season with 4 league appearances in total scoring 2 goals and a single Domestic cup appearance.

RNK Split

On 27 August 2015 Deliu signed with Croatian side

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following the recommendation of

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, the fellow Albanian player of RNK Split during the 2014–15 season. Being underage, he wasn't registered until February 2016.

Hajduk Split

On 7 February 2017 Deliu signed with HNK Hajduk Split II until June 2018.

International career

Albania U17

Deliu was part of the

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of coach

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in the

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, appearing in 5 out 6 matches between

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and

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, completing 3 full 80-minute matches in the qualifying round and two appearances as a substitute in the elite round.

Albania U19

Deliu advanced at

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as he was invited by coach

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to participate in the

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from 12 to 17 November 2015. He played two full 90-minutes matches against Austria U19 in a 1–2 loss and Georgia U19 in the 0–1 loss, where he received a yellow card

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for each match and missed the closing match.

Albania U21

Deliu received a call up at

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by coach

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for a gathering in

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from 18 to 25 January 2017. He was invited again in the next gathering two months later for a double

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against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Tirana *

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: 2021–22 **Runner-up:

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Kupa e Shqipërisë The Albanian Cup () is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit ( English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started. It start ...

**Runner-up:

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deliu, Ardit 1997 births Living people Footballers from Durrës Albanian men's footballers Albanian sportsmen Footballers from Durrës County Men's association football midfielders Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers KF Besa Kavajë players RNK Split players KF Laçi players FK Liepāja players KF Vllaznia Shkodër players Kategoria Superiore players Croatian Football League players Latvian Higher League players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Albania men's international footballers 21st-century Albanian sportsmen