Stiven Shpendi (born 19 May 2003) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Carrarese on loan from Empoli.
[5] Shpendi returned from injury on 10 December 2022, by appearing as a second-half substitute against Vis Pesaro, scoring his side's winning goal in the process.
[15] In November 2021, Shpendi was called up to the Albania national under-19 team by coach Armando Cungu to participate in the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification Group 7 where his side were shorted to play against France, Serbia and North Macedonia.
[16] He made his international debut in the first match on 10 November 2021 versus France playing in the starting line up and being substituted at half time exactly for his twin Cristian where his side got beaten 4–0.
[17] Then for the next two games he started from the bench to be acttivated only in the closing match against North Macedonia in the last 8 minutes with Albania U19 collecting a 3–1 victory to go on 4 points same as Serbia but failing to qualify due to the goal difference thus ranking in the 3rd place of the group.