Festim Alidema (born 5 October 1997) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for Albanian club Pogradeci.

Club career

Llapi

On 9 January 2018, Alidema joined

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side Llapi after agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year deal. On 18 February 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 away defeat against

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after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Gentrit Begolli.

Slaven Belupo

On 17 July 2019, Alidema joined

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side Slaven Belupo after agreeing to a two-year deal with the option of continuation for another two years. On 24 August 2019, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against

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after coming on as a substitute at 84th minute in place of Bruno Bogojević.

Loan at Hrvatski Dragovoljac

On 7 February 2020, Alidema was loaned to

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club Hrvatski Dragovoljac. Eight days later is confirmed that he had joined on a four-month-long loan and received squad number 9.

Loan at Drita

On 26 August 2020, Alidema joined

side Drita, on a season-long loan.

International career

On 3 June 2019, Alidema received a call-up from

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for second training session before the

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matches against

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and

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, but did not become part of the final team.

Career statistics

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* 1997 births People from Viti, Kosovo Footballers from the District of Gjilan Living people Kosovan men's footballers Men's association football wingers KF Vllaznia Pozheran players KF Llapi players NK Slaven Belupo players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players FC Drita players KF Liria Prizren players KF Erzeni Shijak players KS Pogradeci players Football Superleague of Kosovo players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Kategoria Superiore players Kosovan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub