{{Short description|Albanian footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Florent Shehu | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|5|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Pontarlier, France<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.botasot.info/futboll-sporti/2053433/florent-shehu-transferohet-ne-turqi/|title=Florent Shehu transferohet në Turqi|website=Bota Sot}}</ref> | height = 1.84 m | position = Attacking midfielder | currentclub = Rijeka | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Yverdon-Sport | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = FC Basel | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = Lausanne-Sport | youthyears4 = 2013–2014 | youthclubs4 = Barcelona | youthyears5 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs5 = Valencia | youthyears6 = 2015–2016 | youthclubs6 = FC Basel | youthyears7 = 2016–2019 | youthclubs7 = Levante | youthyears8 = 2019–2022 | youthclubs8 = Lazio | years1 = 2022–2023 | clubs1 = Luzern U21 | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2023–2024 | clubs2 = Adana Demirspor | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2024 | clubs3 = → Zrinski Osječko 1664 (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2025 | clubs4 = Opatija | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2026– | clubs5 = Rijeka | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 2018 | nationalteam1 = Switzerland U17 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2019 | nationalteam2 = Albania U19 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 12 January 2026 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Florent Shehu''' (born 17 May 2002) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Croatian club Rijeka. Born in France and raised in Switzerland, he is a youth international for Albania.
==Early life== Shehu was born in 2002 in France. He grew up in Yverdon, Switzerland.<ref name="ch">{{Cite web|url=https://www.laregion.ch/un-talent-yverdonnois-fait-ses-gammes-sur-les-pelouses-despagne/|title=Un talent yverdonnois fait ses gammes sur les pelouses d'Espagne|date=28 August 2018 |publisher=laregion.ch}}</ref>
==Career== Shehu is a youth product of Yverdon-Sport, FC Basel, Lausanne-Sport, Barcelona, Valencia, Levante, Lazio and Luzern. In 2023, Shehu signed for Turkish side Adana Demirspor. On 27 January 2024, he debuted for the club during a 0–1 loss to Hatayspor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5ocakgazetesi.com/haber/19029042/ilk-kez-forma-giydi-adana-demirsporlu-genc-yildiz-ilk-sinavini-verdi|title=İlk Kez Forma Giydi: Adana Demirsporlu Genç Yıldız İlk Sınavını Verdi|date=28 January 2024 |publisher=5ocakgazetesi.com}}</ref> He was subsequently loaned to Zrinski Osječko 1664 in Croatia <ref>[https://www.kucuksaat.com/adana-demirsporda-ayrilik-hirvatistana-gitti-33632h.htm Adana Demirspor'da ayrılık! Hırvatistan'a gitti] at kucuksaat.com</ref> but played no matches there.
==International career== Shehu was born in France to Albanian parents, and moved to Switzerland at a young age and holds all three nationalities. He is a former youth international for Switzerland, having played twice for the Switzerland U17s in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.ch/superleague/983107/unter-diesen-zehn-vereinslosen-schweizern-hat-es-interessante-optionen-fuer-die-sportchefs|title=Live Sport und News}}</ref> In 2019, he played twice for the Albania U19s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koha.net/en/sports/392046/after-Balotelli%2C-Adana-presents-an-Albanian/|title=After Balotelli, Adana presents an Albanian - KOHA.net}}</ref>
==External links== *{{CFF player|1205131/florent-shehu}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shehu, Florent}} Category:2002 births Category:Sportspeople from Pontarlier Category:Living people Category:French emigrants to Switzerland Category:Swiss people of Albanian descent Category:French people of Albanian descent Category:21st-century French sportsmen Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen Category:21st-century Albanian sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:French men's footballers Category:Swiss men's footballers Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers Category:Albanian men's footballers Category:Albania men's youth international footballers Category:Adana Demirspor footballers Category:NK Opatija players Category:HNK Rijeka players Category:Swiss Promotion League players Category:Süper Lig players Category:First Football League (Croatia) players Category:French expatriate men's footballers Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers Category:Albanian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia