Place of birth Srbica, Yugoslavia Number 27 Years Team Weight 78 kg | Playing position 2008–2016 Standard Liège Height 1.87 m | |
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Date of birth (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 22) Current team Royal Excel Mouscron (#27 / Defender) | ||
Mërgim Vojvoda (born 1 February 1995) is an Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian club Mouscron and the Kosovo national team.
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Early career
Vojvoda started his youth career with Standard Liège in 2008 at age of 13.
Sint-Truidense
Vojvoda made it his debut for Sint-Truidense on 8 November 2014 in the 15th game week of the 2014–15 Belgian Second Division against Roeselare, coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute in place of Pierre Baherlé. The match finished as a 0–1 away victory with the goal scored by Hilaire Momi in the 81st minute.
Mouscron
On 24 June 2016 Standard Liège agreed to transfer for free Vojvoda to Royal Excel Mouscron with one condition that if he is sold to another club they gain 25% of amount fee.
He made it his first professional debut with Mouscron on 30 July 2016 playing as a starter against Anderlecht.
Albania U21
He expressed his desire to play for Albania at international level. He was invited for the first time by the Albania national under-21 football team coach Skënder Gega for the Friendly match on 6 August 2014 against Qatar in Scotland, but didn't appeared due to visa problem.
In October 2014 he was included in the list of players which called up by national coach Skënder Gega for the friendly match against Romania U21 on 8 October. In the match against Romania U21, Vojvoda played as a starter and the match finished in the 3–1 loss. Vojvoda was again called up to Albania U21, this time to participate in the international friendly tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 12–18 November 2014.
On 27 March 2015 Vojvoda received the Albanian citizenship to be eligible for playing with Albania U21 in competitive tournaments.
2017 UEFA Euro U-21 Championship
Vojvoda was called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Liechtenstein U21 on 28 March 2015. He made his competitive debut for Albania U21 against Liechtenstein U21 on 28 March 2015 playing the full 90-minutes match helping his side to win 0–2.
Kosovo
On September 8, 2016, Vojvoda decided to leave the Albania U21 team in order to play for Kosovo in the future, he stated that he is open for them and that he is ready to accept if there is an invitation sent to him from the Football Federation of Kosovo, On 7 November 2016, he received the call-up in match against Turkey, and on 10 November 2016, FIFA gives permission Vojvoda to play for Kosovo.