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Valon Aliji Profile and Player Statistics

Valon Aliji

First name:	Valon
Last name:	Aliji
Position:	Midfielder
Nationality:

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Valon Aliji has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Regionalliga: Nordost	2024/2025	Chemie Leipzig	5	0	0	0	1
UEFA U19 Championship Qualification	2023/2024 Northern Ireland	North Macedonia U19	3	1	1	0	1
U19 Bundesliga	2023/2024	Union Berlin U19	17	4	12	1	6
UEFA Youth League	2023/2024	Union Berlin U19	2	1	1	0	2
U19 Bundesliga	2022/2023	Union Berlin U19	19	1	15	4	6
U19 Bundesliga	2021/2022	Union Berlin U19	1	0	0	0	1

Valon Aliji has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
14/03/2025	Chemie Leipzig	0 - 3	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	34' Obed Chidindu Ugondu
		0 - 2	63' Maxime Awoudja
Cemal Kaymaz 64'
		0 - 3	74' Marco Wolf
08/03/2025	Plauen	1 - 2	Chemie Leipzig	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	43' Elias Ndukwe Oke
		0 - 2	67' Luca Biagio Marino
Daniel Gerstmayer 83'		1 - 2
Yanick Roney Abayomi 87'
05/03/2025	Chemie Leipzig	3 - 1	Hertha Zehlendorf	1-0	H2H	+
Cemal Kaymaz 12'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	52' Bocar Baró
Stanley Ratifo 68'		2 - 1
Timo Mauer 90+7'		3 - 1
02/03/2025	Chemie Leipzig	2 - 2	Chemnitzer FC	1-0	H2H	+
Florian Brugmann 17'
Tim Bunge 45'		1 - 0
			45+1' Leon Damer
Julian Weigel 47'
		1 - 1	49' Tim Bunge
			58' Nils Lihsek
Tim Bunge 59'
Timo Mauer 60'
			65' Luis Fischer
Stanley Ratifo 78'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	79' Dejan Božić
			90' Luis Fischer
			90+2' Tobias Müller
07/02/2025	BFC Dynamo	2 - 0	Chemie Leipzig	1-0	H2H	+
Kevin Lankford 18'		1 - 0
			23' Valon Aliji
Mc Moordy Huther 58'
			69' Fabian Rüth
David Grozinger 70'
			78' Dennis Mast
Julian Wiessmeier 80'
Amiro Amadou 87'
			87' Florian Brugmann
Leon Bätge 90+3'
Julian Wiessmeier 90+5'		2 - 0
04/05/2024	Union Berlin U19	1 - 2	Hannover U19	1-1	H2H	+
A. Jahaj 5'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	21' D. Husser
B. Kalaycı 33'
			33' M. Ndikom
M. Rösner 46'
V. Aliji 46'
A. Jahaj 54'
A. Jahaj 54'
V. Aliji 59'
K. Ojo 67'
J. Friedrich 67'
			75' D. Husser
			75' M. Striukov
			75' Rafael Martins Marques
			75' M. Tjaden
J. Scholz 77'
J. Kortebusch 77'
L. Asanji 82'
M. Gray 82'
		1 - 2	83' J. Videira
			89' M. Ndikom
			89' L. von Bötticher
27/04/2024	Wolfsburg U19	6 - 0	Union Berlin U19	4-0	H2H	+
Dzenan Pejčinović 1'		1 - 0
Dzenan Pejčinović 4'		2 - 0
19'
			25' Noah Engelbreth
			30' I. Ciobanu
			30' V. Aliji
Dzenan Pejčinović 30'		3 - 0
J. Akaegbobi 40'		4 - 0
			46' B. Kalaycı
			46' M. Alkan
M. Herrmann 54'
M. Herrmann 66'
David Leal Costa 66'
			69' T. Kramer
			69' J. Kortebusch
J. Akaegbobi 71'
E. Aslanidis 71'
Kofi Amoako 71'
P. Hensel 71'
E. Aslanidis 74'		5 - 0
			77' L. Asanji
			77' M. Gray
			77' C. Ackermann
			77' M. Rösner
Dzenan Pejčinović 83'		6 - 0
Dzenan Pejčinović 83'
Jessé Costa 83'
B. Bröger 83'
A. Doci 83'
13/04/2024	St. Pauli U19	0 - 1	Union Berlin U19	0-1	H2H	+
			17' V. Aliji
		0 - 1	45+2' B. Kalaycı
			46' V. Aliji
			46' C. Ackermann
N. Kretschmar 46'
S. Rinal 46'
N. Jovanović 51'
T. Hense 62'
L. Jahraus 62'
N. Palapies 62'
M. Mbodje 62'
			70' Noah Engelbreth
			70' B. Kalaycı
			70' M. Alkan
O. Backhaus 78'
M. Nzontcha 78'
I. Baraze 81'
			82' A. Jahaj
			82' J. Kortebusch
L. Jahraus 87'
M. Schmitz 87'
J. Yanda 87'
			89' K. Ojo
			89' I. Ciobanu
S. Rinal 90+7'
07/04/2024	Union Berlin U19	2 - 0	Bremen U19	0-0	H2H	+
Noah Engelbreth 37'
			39' L. Opitz
W. Adeh 53'		1 - 0
			54' J. Beckert
			54' M. Hathaway
			60' L. Baum
			60' J. Maiwaldt
			68' M. Hathaway
			71' J. Warnken
			71' J. Hofmann
			71' E. Kohler
			71' P. Mbock
			71' L. Opitz
			71' Y. Ranon
A. Jahaj 73'
B. Kalaycı 73'
Noah Engelbreth 76'		2 - 0
V. Aliji 78'
V. Aliji 85'
M. Alkan 85'
T. Schleinitz 88'
K. Ojo 89'
K. Cao 89'
K. Cao 90+1'
26/03/2024	Latvia U19	1 - 1	North Macedonia U19	0-0	H2H	+
			49' M. Stojilevski
M. Tihonovičs 56'
K. Mežsargs 59'		1 - 0
E. Evelons 62'
M. Ivulāns 62'
			64' H. Canoski
			64' D. Danev
			64' Z. Nazifi
			64' L. Kaba
R. Bočs 70'
E. Valutadatils 70'
V. Purs 73'
		1 - 1	76' D. Danev
K. Jamonts 78'
			90+1' G. Dzhekov
A. Kangars 90+4'
23/03/2024	Switzerland U19	2 - 0	North Macedonia U19	1-0	H2H	+
C. Ligue 11'		1 - 0
			46' D. Danev
			46' Z. Nazifi
J. Zé 46'
R. Neelakandan 46'
D. Ngonzo 48'
J. Manzambi 66'
R. Beney 66'
N. Streit 66'
M. Deme 66'
C. Ligue 66'
J. Lüthi 66'
S. Marques 71'
D. Xhemalija 71'
			79' M. Stojilevski
R. Beney 80'		2 - 0
			86' T. Nikolovski
			86' V. Aliji
			86' L. Kaba
			86' H. Canoski
			86' A. Zendelovski
			86' L. Muhtari
			86' A. Arizankoski
			86' D. Serafimov
20/03/2024	North Macedonia U19	0 - 2	Ukraine U19	0-1	H2H	+
G. Dzhekov 5'
V. Aliji 32'
			34' Gennadiy Synchuk
			37' M. Ponomarenko
			44' M. Oharkov
		0 - 1	45+1' D. Krevsun
		0 - 2	48' M. Ponomarenko
V. Aliji 60'
T. Nikolovski 60'
H. Canoski 61'
D. Danev 61'
			65' T. Tutierov
			65' A. Matkevych
			65' R. Hadzhiiev
			65' V. Tsukanov
L. Kaba 68'
A. Nuhija 68'
A. Arizankoski 68'
D. Serafimov 68'
Amir Nuhija 73'
T. Nikolovski 73'
A. Nuhija 73'
A. Meljichi 75'
			79' M. Ponomarenko
			79' M. Dubrovnyi
			79' Gennadiy Synchuk
			79' K. Shevchenko
			87' D. Krevsun
			87' I. Badenko
			90+3' T. Mykhavko
17/02/2024	RB Leipzig U19	1 - 1	Union Berlin U19	0-0	H2H	+
			49' Valon Aliji
Tim Köhler 59'
		0 - 1	61' Tim Schleinitz
Tim Köhler 64'
Leon Koß 64'
Chilohem Chukwuma Onuoha 71'
			73' Levis Prince Asanji
Laurin Schößler 80'
Jakob Sachse 80'
			81' Kelvin Ojo
			81' Leonit Ibrahimi
			81' Jerome Scholz
			81' Baris Kalayci
Yannick Fereira Eduardo 89'		1 - 1
03/02/2024	Dresden U19	0 - 4	Union Berlin U19	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	6' Levis Prince Asanji
		0 - 2	12' Timon Kramer
Marlon Grafe 37'
		0 - 3	39' Levis Prince Asanji
Marlon Grafe 46'
Maximus Joel Fritzsche 46'
Dustin Arnold 46'
Collin Noel Förster 46'
			50' Timon Kramer
Nik Jochen Orth 51'
		0 - 4	54' Timon Kramer
			58' Christopher Tom Ackermann
			59' Timon Kramer
			59' Kelvin Ojo
Emil Zeil 62'
Bastian Kummerow 62'
Dmytro Bohdanov 65'
Dmytro Bohdanov 67'
Oskar Tilmann Ohnesorge 67'
			76' Levis Prince Asanji
			76' Valon Aliji
			76' Tim Schleinitz
			76' Ion Ciobanu
			83' Leonit Ibrahimi
			83' Phong Kelvin Cao
Cedric Tölg 83'
Fabius-Leander Göpfert 83'
			83' Andrik Markgraf
			83' Jerome Kortebusch
27/01/2024	Union Berlin U19	4 - 2	Jena U19	2-1	H2H	+
Linus Jurschik 14'		1 - 0
Levis Prince Asanji 16'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	18' Aulon Shoshaj
			46' Lennard Lämmerhirt
			46' Jonas Kratzenberg
Leonit Ibrahimi 58'
Valon Aliji 58'
Baris Kalayci 58'
Andrik Markgraf 58'
Noah Engelbreth 59'		3 - 1
			67' Aulon Shoshaj
			67' Nick Höfer
			67' Rron Breca Hasani
			67' Darian Unger
Linus Jurschik 73'
Kelvin Ojo 73'
Kelvin Ojo 74'		4 - 1
Timon Kramer 80'
Ion Ciobanu 80'
Tim Schleinitz 80'
William Giegold 80'
			83' Antonio Jozanovic
			83' Boris Kehayov
			83' Simon Lang
			83' Henry Mekhi Krause
		4 - 2	90+3' Nick Höfer
12/12/2023	Union Berlin U19	0 - 2	Real Madrid U19	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	4' Iker Bravo
Tim Schleinitz 8'
Christopher Tom Ackermann 30'
Valon Aliji 30'
Valon Aliji 32'
Julien Piet Friedrich 40'
Timon Kramer 40'
			49' Manuel Ángel Morán
		0 - 2	61' Iker Bravo
			66' Dani Meso
			66' Chema
Oluwaseun God Power Osaro Ogbemudia 72'
Leonit Ibrahimi 72'
Levis Prince Asanji 72'
Baris Kalayci 72'
			77' Manuel Ángel Morán
			77' Pol Duran Sarmiento
			77' Hugo de Llanos
			77' Daniel Yáñez
			83' César Palacios
			83' Paulo Iago
			90+2' Cristian Perea
20/09/2023	Real Madrid U19	2 - 1	Union Berlin U19	0-1	H2H	+
			25' Leon Prosche
			32' Noah Engelbreth
			34' Leon Prosche
			34' Finn Hoffmann
			38' Finn Hoffmann
		0 - 1	43' Julien Piet Friedrich
			45+3' Valon Aliji
Nicolás Sánchez Herrero 46'
Chema 46'
Hugo de Llanos 55'		1 - 1
			60' Christopher Tom Ackermann
Daniel Yáñez Barla 67'
Babacar Diocou Ndiaye 67'
Youssef Lekhedim 68'
Manuel Ángel Morán 71'
			73' Valon Aliji
			73' Leonit Ibrahimi
			73' Julien Piet Friedrich
			73' Kelvin Ojo
César Palacios 76'		2 - 1
Paulo Iago Álvarez Morón 81'
Pol Duran Sarmiento 81'
			82' Timon Kramer
Iker Bravo 86'
Hugo de Llanos 89'
Álvaro Ginés 89'
			89' Finn Hoffmann
			89' Baris Kalayci
Manuel Serrano Salazar 89'
27/08/2023	Union Berlin U19	5 - 1	RB Leipzig U19	3-0	H2H	+
Levis Prince Asanji 6'		1 - 0
Timon Kramer 22'		2 - 0
Albion Jahaj 32'
Valon Aliji 41'		3 - 0
Christopher Tom Ackermann 45+1'
Jerome Scholz 45+2'
Timon Kramer 55'
			57' Aris Bayindir
			61' Tim Meyer
			61' Marwan Kponton
			61' Aris Bayindir
			61' Paul Kühnhardt
Timon Kramer 64'
Julien Piet Friedrich 64'
Albion Jahaj 75'
Baris Kalayci 75'
Levis Prince Asanji 77'		4 - 0
			79' Winners Osawe
			79' Leon Koß
			79' Tino Kaufmann
			79' Arno Magnus Holger Krause
Julien Piet Friedrich 81'
		4 - 1	82' Elias Lenz
Leon Prosche 88'
Leonit Ibrahimi 88'
Valon Aliji 88'
Aaron Riedel 88'
Noah Engelbreth 90'		5 - 1
23/08/2023	Hertha U19	3 - 0	Union Berlin U19	1-0	H2H	+
Bence Dárdai 16'		1 - 0
			45+2' Noah Engelbreth
			48' Valon Aliji
Sebastian Paul Weiland 58'		2 - 0
			60' Julius Grunwald
			60' Christopher Tom Ackermann
			60' Julien Piet Friedrich
			60' Leonit Ibrahimi
Oliver Rölke 61'		3 - 0
Eliyas Strasner 65'
Dan Christopher Karsten 65'
Bence Dárdai 65'
Selim Telib 65'
Oliver Rölke 74'
Sebastian Paul Weiland 75'
			75' Timon Kramer
			75' Phong Kelvin Cao
			75' Valon Aliji
			75' Finn Hoffmann
Luis Trus 77'
Luis Trus 79'
Amir Farhadi 79'
Oliver Rölke 79'
Anthony Traoré 79'
			82' Leon Prosche
			82' Baris Kalayci
19/08/2023	Union Berlin U19	5 - 1	Dresden U19	3-1	H2H	+
Levis Prince Asanji 15'		1 - 0
			20' Simo Collins
			32' Friedrich Müller
Noah Engelbreth 39'		2 - 0
Leon Prosche 42'		3 - 0
		3 - 1	45+2' Quentin Grafe
Albion Jahaj 52'		4 - 1
Albion Jahaj 60'		5 - 1
Julien Piet Friedrich 61'
Phong Kelvin Cao 61'
Leon Prosche 61'
Finn Hoffmann 61'
Valon Aliji 61'
			63' Adam Pavel Hradiský
			63' Collin Noel Förster
			63' Jakob Zickler
			63' Henrik Heße
			63' Quentin Grafe
			63' Oskar Tilmann Ohnesorge
			63' Simo Collins
			63' Cedric Tölg
Valon Aliji 65'
Leonit Ibrahimi 65'
			72' Luca Krause
			72' Fabius-Leander Göpfert
Finn Hoffmann 73'
Albion Jahaj 75'
Ion Ciobanu 75'
Levis Prince Asanji 75'
Baris Kalayci 75'
07/05/2023	Energie Cottbus U19	4 - 1	Union Berlin U19	3-0	H2H	+
C. Tanriver 8'		1 - 0
S. Brüning 15'		2 - 0
C. Tanriver 25'		3 - 0
S. Brüning 46'
A. Boukara 46'
			46' N. Graupner
			46' B. Hoffmann
			46' L. Ibrahimi
			46' J. Kortebusch
L. Kurek 46'
C. Struck 46'
		3 - 1	53' V. Aliji
			61' B. Kalaycı
			61' A. Jahaj
T. Bektaş 69'
R. Fuhrmann 69'
			75' L. Prosche
			75' L. Schönwald
I. Bairaktarov 81'
C. Becker 81'
			82' L. Asanji
			82' W. Giegold
E. Bröse 85'
A. Glapa 85'
C. Tanriver 90'		4 - 1
16/04/2023	Union Berlin U19	2 - 2	Hertha Zehlendorf U19	1-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	1' H. Muqaj
		0 - 2	21' P. Behrend
D. Preu 22'		1 - 2
V. Aliji 30'
			46' P. Behrend
			46' Y. Böge
F. Hoffmann 46'
B. Gögce 46'
T. Kramer 52'
N. Graupner 52'
L. Jurschik 56'
B. Hoffmann 74'
L. Asanji 74'
			76' A. Soliman
B. Gögce 80'		2 - 2
B. Kalaycı 86'
B. Pick 86'
02/04/2023	Viktoria Berlin U19	0 - 6	Union Berlin U19	0-4	H2H	+
		0 - 1	14' A. Kemlein
J. Tellez 20'
J. Okpalaike 20'
M. Orlov 20'
			20' M. Rösner
			20' L. Schönwald
		0 - 2	22' A. Kemlein
		0 - 3	28' B. Kalaycı
		0 - 4	39' V. Aliji
L. Sommerfeld 44'
O. Backfisch 44'
M. Oglou 44'
D. Karakus 44'
F. Pereira Mendes 44'
M. Yildirim 44'
			46' A. Kemlein
			46' F. Hoffmann
			57' V. Aliji
			57' L. Asanji
		0 - 5	70' T. Kramer
E. Isik 71'
P. Kaufmann 71'
			72' L. Jurschik
			72' B. Hoffmann
			72' J. Scholz
			72' A. Markgraf
		0 - 6	82' B. Hoffmann
11/03/2023	Dresden U19	2 - 2	Union Berlin U19	0-0	H2H	+
			25' G. Kamdem
			38' M. Rösner
		0 - 1	51' M. Sanogo
L. Ehrlich 56'		1 - 1
T. Menzel 57'
C. Bräunling 57'
			60' M. Rösner
			60' T. Kramer
			60' B. Gögce
			60' D. Preu
		1 - 2	69' M. Sanogo
J. Löwe 69'
J. Hoffmann 69'
L. Ehrlich 69'
C. Kosak 69'
J. Hoffmann 73'		2 - 2
			75' V. Aliji
E. Zeil 75'
C. Bräunling 79'
			79' A. Kemlein
			82' L. Mattmüller
			84' B. Kalaycı
			84' B. Hoffmann
			90' M. Sanogo
			90' N. Engelbreth
26/02/2023	Magdeburg U19	1 - 3	Union Berlin U19	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	6' V. Aliji
R. Meier 45'		1 - 1
E. Schültke 46'
J. Marks 46'
M. Schauer 51'
			57' L. Jurschik
			59' V. Aliji
			59' N. Engelbreth
			59' D. Preu
			59' B. Gögce
		1 - 2	60' M. Sanogo
			64' L. Jurschik
			66' B. Kalaycı
			66' M. Rösner
T. Birk 69'
E. Elekwa 69'
		1 - 3	77' M. Sanogo
B. Engelhardt 77'
C. Krüger 77'
			80' G. Kamdem
			89' M. Sanogo
			89' B. Hoffmann
09/10/2022	Union Berlin U19	4 - 0	Meppen U19	2-0	H2H	+
D. Preu 34'
B. Gögce 34'
M. Sanogo 36'		1 - 0
T. Berling 38'		2 - 0
M. Sanogo 50'		3 - 0
			64' B. Wittenbernds
			64' J. Hagemann
			64' L. Gravemann
			64' M. Müller
V. Aliji 66'
L. Jurschik 69'
G. Kamdem 69'
V. Aliji 69'
M. Rösner 69'
			79' H. Hermes
			79' W .Docter
T. Schleinitz 81'		4 - 0
T. Schleinitz 82'
N. Engelbreth 82'
M. Sanogo 82'
B. Hoffmann 82'
			85' S. Hoffmann
			85' P. Kassens
			85' L. Prasse
			85' M. Zumdieck
G. Kamdem 86'
02/10/2022	Holstein Kiel U19	0 - 9	Union Berlin U19	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	13' T. Schleinitz
		0 - 2	32' M. Sanogo
E. Boakye 35'
Y. Diezemann 35'
		0 - 3	42' L. Ibrahimi
			45+1' V. Aliji
		0 - 4	56' L. Jurschik
P. Erfmann 59'
J. de Chatrie Doegl 59'
F. Kaiser 59'
L. Thele 59'
		0 - 5	59' M. Sanogo
			64' V. Aliji
			64' G. Kamdem
			64' L. Jurschik
			64' M. Rösner
		0 - 6	66' M. Sanogo
		0 - 7	71' M. Sanogo
			75' T. Schleinitz
			75' N. Engelbreth
		0 - 8	78' A. Kemlein
			79' D. Preu
			79' B. Gögce
			79' M. Sanogo
			79' B. Hoffmann
L. Tunjic 82'
S. Fobissiè 82'
B. Opoku Labes 82'
B. Keskin 82'
		0 - 9	86' B. Gögce
03/09/2022	Union Berlin U19	2 - 0	Bremen U19	2-0	H2H	+
V. Aliji 6'		1 - 0
V. Aliji 12'
M. Bruns 22'
M. Sanogo 27'		2 - 0
			31' P. Bellmann
UnionBerlinU19 32'
			36' C. Alberts
			36' D. Ayissi-Akoumba
C. Ackermann 40'
			46' L. Mina
			46' S. Abbey
L. Jurschik 53'
J. Scholz 53'
L. Ibrahimi 62'
			65' R. Schwarz
			65' J. Imasuen
			67' N. Tepe
V. Aliji 68'
D. Preu 68'
T. Schleinitz 76'
G. Kamdem 76'
			80' T. Winkelmann
			80' J. Dudock
			80' L. Urban
			80' J. Maiwaldt
G. Kamdem 83'
			90+1' J. Dudock
28/08/2022	Viktoria Berlin U19	2 - 1	Union Berlin U19	1-0	H2H	+
O. Skakun 30'		1 - 0
O. Skakun 39'
			46' C. Ackermann
			46' G. Kamdem
			46' J. Scholz
			46' D. Preu
M. Yildirim 57'
G. Phòng 57'
		1 - 1	59' T. Schleinitz
			60' A. Kemlein
			61' T. Schleinitz
			61' V. Aliji
C. Drost 71'
J. Thurau 71'
			74' B. Gögce
			74' B. Hoffmann
O. Skakun 81'
K. Kreibich 81'
L. Halimi 81'
L. Sommerfeld 81'
M. Keskin 83'		2 - 1
			87' V. Aliji
			87' L. Jurschik
			87' T. Kramer
			90+2' M. Bruns
02/04/2022	Union Berlin U19	1 - 2	RB Leipzig U19	1-0	H2H	+
M. Sanogo 42'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	48' R. Friedrich
			63' Mehmet Ibrahimi
			63' O. Köhl
M. Somnitz 64'
B. Gögce 64'
N. Kaus 71'
D. Preu 71'
V. Aliji 77'
			78' R. Friedrich
			78' J. Winter
			84' Solomon Bonnah
			84' S. Ba
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