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Man City youngster Celina rejoices as Kosovo accepted by FIFA

Kosovo is now officially a FIFA football nation.

The autonomous Balkan province was granted entry into both UEFA and FIFA in mid-May and will now play their first match as a full member against the Faroe Islands on Friday.

Manchester City youngster Bersant Celina, who was born in Prizren, is eagerly anticipating the match and took to Twitter to show how excitement ahead of the meeting with the Faroese at the Volksbank Stadion in Frankfurt in Germany.

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