Erdal Rakip

Erdal Rakip — Biography

Erdal Rakip is a midfielder, listed at 1.79 m, who won the Swedish league title six times with Malmö FF. He holds Swedish and North Macedonian citizenship and, after playing for Sweden's youth sides, chose North Macedonia at senior level. His contract with the Polish second-tier club Miedź Legnica ran out in June 2026.

His professional career began at Malmö FF, where he first played in the Allsvenskan on June 1, 2013, signed a senior contract in July 2014 and made 15 appearances that season. With the club he won the league in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021, and the Swedish Cup (Svenska Cupen) in 2021-22. When his Malmö deal expired at the end of 2017 he agreed terms with Benfica and was loaned to Crystal Palace for the rest of the season; he sat on the Premier League bench but never took the pitch. Without playing for Benfica either, he returned to Malmö in February 2019. In January 2023 he moved to Antalyaspor and played in the Süper Lig, and on January 26, 2026, he joined Miedź Legnica on a free transfer.

He played for Sweden at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level; at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup he was part of Sweden's third-place finish and scored his first international goal against Honduras in the quarter-final. On October 8, 2021, he made his first appearance in North Macedonia's shirt, in a 4-0 World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein, and he won two caps in all.