| Shend Kelmendi | |
| Birth Date: | 21 September 1994 |
| Height: | 1.87 m |
| Position: | Right winger[1] |
| Currentclub: | Gjilani |
| Clubnumber: | 27 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Prishtina |
| Years1: | 2013–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Prishtina |
| Caps1: | 67 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | Trepça'89 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Clubs4: | → Trepça'89 (loan) |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | Llapi |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs6: | Flamurtari |
| Caps6: | 40 |
| Goals6: | 14 |
| Years7: | 2020– |
| Clubs7: | Gjilani |
| Caps7: | 50 |
| Goals7: | 11 |
| Club-Update: | 25 March 2024 |
Shend Kelmendi (born 21 September 1994) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gjilani.
On 13 September 2013. Kelmendi made his debut with Prishtina in a Football Superleague of Kosovo match against Gjilani after coming on as a substitute at 29th minute in place of Liridon Latifi.[2]
On 22 July 2017. Kelmendi signed to Football Superleague of Kosovo side Trepça'89.[3]
On 10 August 2017. Kelmendi completed a transfer to Skënderbeu Korçë by signing for the next three seasons and received squad number 9.[4] One day later, the club confirmed that Kelmendi had joined on a permanent transfer.[5]
On 6 September 2017. Kelmendi made his competitive debut for the club in the first leg of 2017–18 Albanian Cup first round, scoring the opener in an 8–0 thrashing of Adriatiku Mamurras.[6] Later, on 29 November 2017. Kelmendi was on the score-sheet again in this competition, where he netted the lone goal of the match against Besëlidhja Lezhë for the second round.[7]
He made his first Albanian Superliga appearance on 22 December by entering in the last minutes of the 3–1 home win over Teuta Durrës.[8]
On 20 January 2018, Kelmendi was sent on loan at Football Superleague of Kosovo outfit KF Trepça'89 for the remainder of the season.[9]
On 17 June 2018, Kelmendi signed for KF Llapi on a 2-year deal.[10]
On 27 December 2018, it was announced that Kelmendi had signed with KF Flamurtari.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 16 | 2 | — | 16 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | —< | --Appearances and goals of the 2014–15 season are missing--> | |||||||||||
| 28 | 7 | — | 28 | 7 | |||||||||
| 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[13] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[14] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 11 | |||
| Trepça'89 | 2017–18 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Trepça'89 (loan) | 2017–18 | Football Superleague of Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 69 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 15 | |||