Hekuran Kryeziu (born 12 February 1993) is a Kosovan football manager and former player who is the manager of the Kosovo national under-21 team.
Kryeziu began his youth career with Küssnacht a/R before joining Luzern’s youth system. He progressed to the senior level with Luzern, making 131 appearances and scoring 3 goals for the first team between 2011 and 2018. During his time at the club, he also played for Luzern U21 and spent a loan spell at FC Vaduz. Kryeziu later played for Zürich and Winterthur before retiring from professional playing.
At international level, he represented various youth teams of Switzerland before switching allegiance to the Kosovo national team, earning 30 caps between 2015 and 2023.
In 2025, he served as assistant manager of the Kosovo U21 team before being appointed head coach of the side later that year.
Club career Zürich On 31 May 2018, Kryeziu signed a three-year contract with Swiss Super League club Zürich and this transfer would become legally effective in July 2018. On 22 July 2018, he made his debut in a 2–1 home win against Thun after being named in the starting line-up.
Winterthur Kryeziu had a trial at Swiss Super League club Winterthur in July 2022, and signed a two-year contract with the club for an undisclosed fee the following month. On 13 August 2022, he made his debut with second team in a 0–0 home draw against Gossau after being named in the starting line-up, while his first team debut came fifteen days later in a 1–5 home defeat against Young Boys after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Eris Abedini.
International career From 2010, until 2013, Kryeziu has been part of Switzerland at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 teams and he with these teams played 31 matches. On 10 November 2015, he received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania, and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Eroll Zejnullahu.
Personal life Kryeziu was born in Luzern, Switzerland from Kosovo Albanian parents from Gjilan.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLuzern2010–11Swiss Super League 1000—1001102011–1216040—1003002012–131700010502302013–1410000—311302015–1627130——3012016–173225010—3022017–182803010—310Total1313150302811683Vaduz (loan)2014–15Swiss Super League2503020—300Zürich2018–19Swiss Super League2823050—3622019–2013000——1302020–2127010——280Total6824050—772Winterthur2022–23Swiss Super League23000—20250Career total22552201003012876
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsKosovo201510201640201760201870201910202040202150202200202320Total300
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