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Isnik Alimi (; born 2 February 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Chinese Super League club Dalian Yingbo and for the North Macedonia national team. A former international for Macedonia U19, he played for the Albania U21 in a pair of friendlies before switching back to play for the North Macedonia national team in 2023.
With Primvaera team he won Italian Superleague, he score a goal against Juventus in the first game, also mark the goal against Fiorentina in the semifinals, he helped lead his team to winning the championship because Isnik Alimi was the team captain and key player. He had 21 matches and 10 goals with Primavera team.
He made it his professional debut on 31 August 2014, playing as a starter in the opening match of the Lega Pro against Pordenone, finished in the clean 2–0 victory. Lumezzane vs. Pordenone - 31 August 2014 Soccerway
He finished his first half of the season with Lumezzane with 12 appearances, 8 as a starter and 4 coming on as a substitute.
Alimi scored his first goal for Lumezzane in the opening match of the year 2015 against Novara Calcio valid for the 19th game week, played on 6 January and finished in the away 3–1 victory, in where Alimi scored the second goal for 2–0 result in the 45th minute in the end of first half. Novara vs. Lumezzane - 6 January 2015 Soccerway
Alimi concluded the 2014–15 season making in total 27 appearances, from where 21 in the starting line up, scored 2 goals and provided 3 assists.
He made his debut for Albania U21 in the Exhibition game against Romania U21 on 8 October 2014 by playing as a starter in a 3–1 loss, where he started his team's first attempt to the goal of in the 11th minute by running from the midfield and shooting as soon as he got close to the 16-meters area, a shot which was put by the Romania U21s' goalkeeper in the corner kick. Shpresat munden në Rumani, dështon “armata” e Gegës Panorama Sport "Gjithsesi, janë tanët që rrezikojnë të parët me anë të Isnik Alimit. Është minuta e 11-të dhe sulmuesi strugan gjen një hapësirë në gjysmëfushën e vendësve dhe lëshohet drejt portës, duke gjuajtur në hyrje të saj. Por portieri i Rumanisë, Kojokaru, arrin që të grushtojë në goditje këndi..."
Alimi was called up for the first time to participate in a competitive match, the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Liechtenstein U21 on 28 March 2015, Shpresat nisin kualifikimet kundër Lihtenshtajnit aSport.al however, Alimi failed to play in this match as he was ineligible due to the absence of respective documents.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| FK Ohrid | 2011–12 | 1. MFL | 2 |
| NK Novigrad | 2012–13 | 2. NL | 2 |
| Lumezzane (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie C | 3 |
| Maceratese (loan) | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 0 |
| Forlì (loan) | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 1 |
| Vicenza (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 2 |
| Rimini (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 1 |
| Imolese (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 1 |
| Šibenik (loan) | 2020–21 | HNL | 0 |
| Gabala FK | 2021–22 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 10 |
| 2022–23 | 12 | ||
| Sepsi OSK | 2023–24 | Liga I | 9 |
| 2024–25 | 4 | ||
| +Appearances and goals by national team and year |
| North Macedonia |
| 0 |
| 2 |
| + International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition |
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