Ylli Sallahi

Ylli Sallahi

Personal information
Full name	Ylli Sallahi
Date of birth	(1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
1998–2011	Kapfenberger SV
2011–2012	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Bayern Munich II	48	(11)
2014	Bayern Munich	1	(0)
2015–2017	Karlsruher SC	33	(3)
2016–2017	Karlsruher SC II	1	(0)
International career^‡
2014–2016	Austria U21	11	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:42, 17 June 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:42, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Ylli Sallahi (born 6 April 1994) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and is a free agent. He most recently played for Karlsruher SC in the 3. Liga.

Early life

Born in Skenderaj to a Kosovar-Albanian family,^[1] Sallahi moved to Austria when he was only eight months old.

Club career

Early career

In his youth he played for local club Kapfenberger SV before being signed by Bayern Munich in 2011.^[2] He commented "I want to develop my career in a big club."^[3] He was a regular for the youth team, playing 27 matches in the first season for the U19 team.

On 5 April 2014, Sallahi made his Bundesliga debut, starting away to FC Augsburg, after head coach Pep Guardiola decided to rest some of the players of the first team for the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United. He was substituted after 51 minutes for David Alaba as Bayern, who were already league champions, lost 1–0.^[4]

Karlsruher SC

On 19 December 2014, effective 1 January 2015, Sallahi signed a contract with Karlsruher SC which runs to June 2018.^[5] He left the club after the 2016–17 season.^[6]

In late August 2017 Sallahi started a trial with TSV 1860 Munich but had to end training early after 30 minutes, "probably due to a muscle injury".^[7]

International

In January 2014, Sallahi refused to play for Albania,^[8] whereas in May of that year he declared he would not play for Austria either, but only for Kosovo.^[9] Nevertheless, he made his debut for the Austria U21 team in a 4–2 victory over the Czech U21 on 14 November 2014,^[10] and has thus far earned five caps.^[11]

Kosovo

On 21 September 2016, Sallahi agreed to play for the Kosovo national team, his country of birth.^[12]

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich^[13]

• Bundesliga: 2013–14
• DFB-Pokal: 2013–14

References

1. "Ekskluzive : Ja kush është Ylli Sallahi" (in Albanian). asport.al. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
2. "Sallahi to follow Shaqiri's footsteps". Kosovodiaspora. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
3. "Sallahi signs for Bayern Munich". Spox. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
4. "Augsburg 1–0 Bayern Munich: Molders sends champions crashing to first Bundesliga defeat". Goal.com. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
5. "KSC angelt sich Bayern-Talent Sallahi" (in German). kicker. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
6. "Muskelverletzung? Sallahi muss Training abbrechen". Abendzeitung (in German). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
7. "TSV 1860 München: Ylli Sallahi - ehemaliger Bayern-Profi im Löwen-Training". Abendzeitung München (in German). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
8. "Sallahi refuzon Shqipërinë, i ati: Jemi austriakë" (in Albanian). Sportishqiptar. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
9. "As me Shqipërinë, as me Austrinë, por me Kosovën" (in Albanian). yllpress.com. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
10. "U21 siegt 4:2 gegen Tschechien" [U21 wins 4–2 against Tschechien] (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
11. "Spielerprofil Ylli Sallahi" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
12. "Dy lojtarë të talentuar te Kosova". Korneri (in Albanian). 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
13. "Y. Sallahi". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

External links

• Ylli Sallahi at Soccerway
• Eurosport profile
• German career stats - FuPa