Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grent Refik Halili | ||
Date of birth | 24 May 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Tirana | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2017 | Tirana | ||
2013 | → Varese (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Tirana B | 2 | (0) |
2014– | Tirana | 31 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Albania U19 | 1 | (0) |
2017– | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:45, 19 March 2017 (UTC) |
Grent Refik Halili (born 24 May 1998 in Tiranë) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for Tirana in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national under-21 football team. He is the son of KF Tirana's owner and president Refik Halili.
Halili started his youth career at KF Tirana in 2011.
In May 2013 he went on trial at Italian club Varese alongside fellow KF Tirana youth player Marko Çema as part of a collaboration between the two clubs.
Halili was promoted to the senior team at KF Tirana by coach Gugash Magani during the 2014–15 season where he made his professional debut in the Albanian Cup against Sopoti Librazhd, where he also scored his first goal. He signed a four–year contract with KF Tirana along with fellow youth player David Domgjoni on 1 April 2015, keeping him at the club until 2019.
Halili was called up at Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj at the pre-eleminary squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 6-11 October 2016.
Halili was called up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a double Friendly match against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017.