Samir Zekiqi

Samir Zekiqi (born 23 January 1995) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Vëllaznimi of the Kosovo Superleague. He is part of the Kosovo national team.

Samir Zekiqi

No. 21 – KB Vëllaznimi
Position	Forward
League	Kosovo Superleague
Personal information
Born	(1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 30) Kosovska Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia (now Mitrovica, Kosovo)
Nationality	Kosovan
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	215.6 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Karşıyaka Yamanlar College (2011)
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012	Trepça
2012–2014	RTV21
2014–2015	Trepça
2015–2016	Peja
2016–2017	Trepça
2017	Bashkimi
2017–2019	Trepça
2019–2021	Ylli
2021–2022	Trepça
2022–2023	Peja
2023–2025	Bashkimi
2025–present	Vëllaznimi
Career highlights
2x Kosovo Superleague: (2021, 2023) 2x Kosovo Cup winner (2015, 2022) Liga Unike champion (2021) Kosovo Superleague top scorer: (2018) Rookie of the Kosovo Superleague: (2016)

Early life and college career

Born in Mitrovicë, Zekiqi started his youth career for Trepça. In the beginning of 2011, he became part of Maliye Milli.^[1] Later he became part of the Karşıyaka Yamanlar College where his teammates were Egemen Güven, Hüseyin Nuriler and many others.^[2]

Professional career

Trepça (2016–2017)

On October 4, 2016, Zekiqi signed for Trepça of the Kosovo Superleague and BIBL.^[3] Zekiqi averaged 16.4 points per game in the 2016–17 Kosovo Superleague season and 8.4 points per game in the 2016–17 Balkan League season.

Ylli (2019–2021)

On August 19, 2019, Zekiqi signed for Ylli of the Kosovo Superleague.^[4]

Peja (2022–2023)

On 6 December, 2022, Zekiqi signed for Peja of the Kosovo Superleague, Liga Unike and BIBL.^[5]

Vëllaznimi (2025–present)

On 3 July 2025, he signed for Vëllaznimi of the Kosovo Superleague.^[6]

International career

Zekiqi was one of the first players of Kosovo and his official debut with Kosovo came on 14 September 2016 in the EuroBasket 2017 qualification match against Ukraine.^[7]

Personal life

Samir Zekiqi's brothers Burim and Ramadan are also professional basketball players.^[8]

Honours

Trepça

• Kosovo Cup (2022)^[8]

Ylli

• Kosovo Superleague: (2021)
• Liga Unike: (2021)

Peja

• Kosovo Superleague: (2023)
• Kosovo Cup (2015)

Individual awards

• Kosovo Superleague top scorer: (2018)
• Rookie of the year in the Kosovo Superleague: (2016)^[9]