Doni Arifi
Midfielder · SpVgg Greuther Fürth · №10
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FC Heidenheim
2. Bundesliga
|
0:1 | |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
VfL Bochum
DFB Pokal
|
1:2 | |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FC Nurnberg
2. Bundesliga
|
2:4 | |
FC St. Pauli
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2. Bundesliga
|
1:1 | |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SV Darmstadt 98
2. Bundesliga
|
3:2 | |
Preussen Munster
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2. Bundesliga
|
0:0 | |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SC Paderborn 07
2. Bundesliga
|
0:2 | |
Karlsruher SC
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2. Bundesliga
|
3:1 | |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SV Elversberg
2. Bundesliga
|
2:0 | |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FC Schalke 04
2. Bundesliga
|
1:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 2. Bundesliga | 2025 | 8 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2025 | 6 |
| 2. Bundesliga | 2026 | 3 |
| DFB Pokal | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
At 195cm, Doni Arifi plays in central midfield. He started out in FC Honka's youth ranks, playing for the reserve side Honka Akatemia in the Kakkonen, before a move to Ilves in August 2020. He broke through via Ilves II and went on to become a regular for the senior team, a spell that brought a Finnish Cup win in 2023 and a runners-up finish in the Veikkausliiga in 2024.
A free transfer took him to KuPS in January 2025. Arifi was a key part of the squad that won the 2025 Veikkausliiga title, making 29 league appearances and scoring once, while also getting minutes in Champions League qualifiers. That form carried him into a January 2026 free transfer to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Germany's 2. Bundesliga.
Arifi's international story has taken a winding route of its own. He represented Finland at youth level from U17 through U21, but also picked up caps for Kosovo's U21 side along the way. He settled the question at senior level in March 2026, making his debut for Finland in a 2–0 win over New Zealand in Auckland during the FIFA Series. Three days later he added a second cap in a 1–1 draw with Cape Verde, settled 4–2 on penalties, as Finland went on to win the tournament.
Career path
- 2026 — 2027 — now SpVgg Greuther Fürth 15 matches
- 2025 — 2026 Kuopion Palloseura 50 matches
- 2020 — 2025 Ilves Tampere 119 matches
- 2020 FC Honka U21 2 matches
- 2020 Ilves Tampere II 1 match
- 2018 — 2020 FC Honka II 32 matches
- 2020 FC Honka UEFA U19 2 matches
- 2018 — 2019 Honka 5 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 25/26 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2. Bundesliga | 12 | 1 | 0 | 428 |
| 25/26 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Conference League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 483 |
| 25/26 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Champions League Qualifying | 4 | 0 | 0 | 337 |
| 25/26 | Kuopion Palloseura | UEFA Europa League Qualifying | 4 | 0 | 0 | 315 |
| 25/26 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Relegation 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 24/25 | Ilves Tampere | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 4 | 0 | 1 | 381 |
| 2025 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 547 |
| 2025 | Kuopion Palloseura | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 10 | 1 | 0 | 816 |
| 2025 | Kuopion Palloseura | Liigacup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 290 |
| 2025 | Kuopion Palloseura | Suomen Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
| 2024 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 599 |
| 2024 | Ilves Tampere | Liigacup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 262 |
| 2024 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2024 | Ilves Tampere | Suomen Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
| 2023 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 650 |
| 2023 | Ilves Tampere | Liigacup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 409 |
| 2023 | Ilves Tampere | Suomen Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 309 |
| 2022 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 484 |
| 2022 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga Relegation Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 2022 | Ilves Tampere | Liigacup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 245 |
| 2022 | Ilves Tampere | Suomen Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 2021 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 143 |
| 2021 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 4 | 0 | 0 | 280 |
| 2021 | Ilves Tampere | Suomen Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 182 |
| 2020 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 345 |
| 2020 | FC Honka U21 | A-pojat SM-sarja Qualification | 2 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
| 2020 | Ilves Tampere II | Kakkonen - Group B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2020 | FC Honka II | Kakkonen - Group A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2020 | FC Honka II | Kakkonen Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| 2019 | FC Honka II | Kakkonen - Group B | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 234 |
| 2019 | Honka | Suomen Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2018 | FC Honka II | Kakkonen - Group B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 156 |
| 2018 | Honka | Suomen Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 20/21 | Ilves Tampere | UEFA Europa League Qualifying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 19/20 | FC Honka UEFA U19 | UEFA Youth League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| Total | Ilves Tampere | 119 | 3 | 9 | 7 818 | |
| Total | Kuopion Palloseura | 50 | 1 | 3 | 4 027 | |
| Total | FC Honka II | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 570 | |
| Total | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 1 | 0 | 487 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 KuPS Greuther Fürth
- 24/25 Ilves KuPS
- 20/21 FC Honka II Ilves
- 18/19 Honka U19 FC Honka II
