Mevlan Murati ( mk, Мевљан Мурати; born 5 March 1994 in

Tetovo Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, , sq, Tetovë/Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, w ...

) is a Macedonian professional

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of Albanian origin who plays for Shkëndija and the Macedonia U-21 national team.

International career

In April 2014 he received his Albanian citizenship through his ethnicity, and later that month he was called up to the Albanian under-21 national team for a friendly tournament in May which took place in Italy. Eventually he decided to drop Albania U-21 and to play for Macedonia U-21 with whom he managed to win a historic qualification to the

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References

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