Arijan Ademi

Club

Dinamo Zagreb

Position

Midfielder

Nationality

Macedonia

Date of birth

1991-05-29

Birthplace

Šibenik, Croatia

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

172 lbs

Shirt number

5

Arijan Ademi (Macedonian: Аријан Адеми; born 29 May 1991) is a professional footballer who captains Prva HNL side Dinamo Zagreb and plays for the North Macedonia national team.

Ademi started his professional career at Šibenik, debuting for the senior squad on 22 March 2008, aged just 16 years. On 16 June 2010, he was transferred to reigning Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb. Through ten seasons at the club, Ademi became the most decorated player in club's history, having won 19 trophies.

Born in Croatia to Macedonian Albanian parents, Ademi represented his country of birth at various youth levels. Despite even making three appearances for the senior team, on 9 October 2014, he debuted for the Macedonia national team in an official match. He was selected to represent North Macedonia at UEFA Euro 2020.

In 2015, Ademi initially received a four-year suspension for doping, which was subsequently reduced to two years.