Agon Mehmeti

Agon Xhevat Mehmeti (born 20 November 1989) is an Albanian former professional footballer who last played as a striker for Örebro SK.

[5] Mehmeti made his Allsvenskan debut, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute, in a 1–1 draw against IFK Göteborg in the opening game of the season on 31 March 2008.

[32] Two months later on 13 July 2011, Mehmeti made his UEFA Champions League debut, where he started and played 88 minutes, in a 2–0 win against Havnar Bóltfelag in the first leg of the second round of the tournament.

[34] A month later, he scored his third goal of the season, in a 4–1 loss against Dinamo Zagreb in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Play–Offs Round.

[35] In the return leg, Mehmeti started the match and played 78 minutes before being substituted, as Malmö FF won 2–0 but lost 4–3 on aggregate.

[41] Palermo's director of sports Luca Cattani confirmed the signing of Mehmeti on 9 November 2011 and will join the club on 1 January 2012 when the transfer window opened.

[43] At the press conference, Mehmeti refuted claims with the media that he's the new Zlatan Ibrahimović, due to their ethnic background and previous club, saying it's too early to compare.

[48] He made his Novara debut, coming on as 63rd-minute substitute, and set up the club's second goal of the game for Pablo González, in a 2–2 draw against Empoli on 1 September 2012.

[50] After missing four matches, Mehmeti returned to the starting line–up against Brescia on 13 October 2012 and scored his fourth goal of the season, in a 4–2 win.

[52] After missing two matches, Mehmeti returned to the starting line–up against Padova on 8 December 2012 and set up the club's third goal of the game, in a 3–1 win.

[58] He made his Olhanense debut in the opening game of the season, starting a match and played 77 minutes before being substituted, in a 2–0 loss against Vitória de Guimarães.

On 15 July 2014, Malmö FF announced that they had reacquired Mehmeti on a three-and-a-half-year-long contract, making his return after two seasons abroad in Italy and Portugal,[62] after having been released for free by his last club Palermo earlier the same day.

[63] Mehmeti made his Malmö FF debut in the second spell, starting a match and played 61 minutes before being substituted, in a 1–1 draw against Kalmar on 19 July 2014.

[66] For the remainder of the season, Mehmeti made ten league appearances, five of them in the starting line-up, as Malmö FF won both the Allsvenskan and Svenska Supercupen.

Mehmeti then moved across the border to Norway by joining Eliteserien side Stabæk, signing a three–year contract, keeping him until 2018.

[81] However, he was plagued by injuries, as he played only one Süper Lig games for them and left Gençlerbirliği by mutual consent at the end of the 2016–17 season.

[82] After leaving Gençlerbirliği, Mehmeti moved to England, joining the English League One side Oxford United on 7 September 2017.

[85] However, during a match against Brighton & Hove Albion U23 on 3 October 2017, he torn his hamstring in the eighth minutes and was substituted as a result.

[88] Mehmeti then played a role in the last of 16 of the Football League Trophy against Charlton Athletic, converting the winning penalty–kick, as Oxford United won 3–0 in the shootout following a 1–1 draw on 9 January 2018.

[90] At the end of the 2017–18 season, making sixteen appearances and scoring once in all competitions, it was announced that Mehmeti were among eight players to be released by the club.

Having spent the rest of 2018 without a club, Mehmeti returned to Sweden for the first time in three years to sign for Örebro SK on a one–year contract on 11 March 2019.

[92] After being absent from the starting line–up since joining the club, Mehmeti made his Örebro SK debut, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute, in a 1–0 loss against Helsingborg on 28 June 2019.

[102] Three months later on 12 August 2009, he made his Sweden U21 debut, starting a match and played 62 minutes, in a 4–2 win against Denmark U21.

On 4 June 2013, he received Albanian citizenship, as did Albania under-21 players Amir Rrahmani, Haxhi Neziraj, Valentin Gjokaj and Herolind Shala.

[107] Mehmeti was selected by the Albania national head coach Gianni De Biasi for the World Cup qualifying matches against Slovenia and Iceland in September 2013.

[111] Malmö FF Mehmeti was born in Podujevo, then still part of SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia within SFR Yugoslavia.