Vedat Muriqi

Vedat Muriqi — Biography

Vedat Muriqi (also known in Turkey as Vedat Muriç) is a center-forward renowned for his aerial strength and the all-time top scorer of the Kosovo national team. In 2026 he left Mallorca and returned to Fenerbahçe on a three-year contract, and was introduced to supporters at a ceremony alongside Mason Greenwood and Nathan Aké.

He started in Prizren with KF Liria, continued in Albania with Teuta Durrës from 2013 and was loaned to Besa Kavajë. His real breakthrough came at Giresunspor in 2014: he scored his first hat-trick against Boluspor and hit 17 goals in 33 games in 2015-16. At Gençlerbirliği he scored his first Süper Lig goal against Gaziantepspor, and with Çaykur Rizespor, whom he joined in January 2018, he won the 1. Lig title. He moved to Fenerbahçe in 2019 and Lazio in 2020, where he became the first Kosovan to play in the Champions League, against Borussia Dortmund. Loaned to Mallorca in 2022, he signed permanently, finished his first full season as the club's top scorer with 15 goals, overtook Samuel Eto'o in April 2026 as Mallorca's leading La Liga scorer and ended that season with 23 goals.

He first played for Kosovo's U21s, appeared twice in friendlies for Albania's U21s and returned to the Kosovo senior side in 2016. Okan Buruk, who coached him at Rizespor, called him the best forward in Turkey at that time.