Besart Abdurahimi
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Besart Abdurahimi | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1990 | ||
Place of birth |
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zrinjski Mostar | ||
Number | 77 | ||
Youth career | |||
NK Zelengaj Zagreb | |||
Lokomotiva Zagreb | |||
2004–2008 | NK Zagreb | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2014 | NK Zagreb | 121 | (29) |
2013–2014 | → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) | 20 | (4) |
2014–2016 | Lokeren | 32 | (5) |
2016 | → Astana (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2016 | → Cerezo Osaka (loan) | 3 | (1) |
2017 | Shkëndija | 26 | (5) |
2018 | Partizani Tirana | 13 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Hermannstadt | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Bravo | 18 | (1) |
2020–2021 | NK Rudeš | 26 | (12) |
2021–2023 | Akritas Chlorakas | 31 | (10) |
2022–2023 | → Pafos (loan) | 25 | (8) |
2023–2024 | Apollon Limassol | 17 | (2) |
2024– | Zrinjski Mostar | 6 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2006 | Croatia U16 | 9 | (1) |
2006 | Croatia U17 | 5 | (1) |
2008 | Croatia U18 | 4 | (0) |
2008 | Croatia U19 | 8 | (5) |
2009 | Croatia U20 | 3 | (2) |
2009–2012 | Croatia U21 | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Macedonia | 12 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2015 |
Besart Abdurahimi (Macedonian: Бесарт Абдурахими, born 31 July 1990) is a Macedonian-Croatian footballer of Albanian descent, who plays for Apollon Limassol.[1]
Early life
[edit]Abdurahimi was born in 1990 in Zagreb, Croatia to Albanian parents from Gradec, Vrapčište in North Macedonia, who had moved there five years earlier.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]In March 2016, Abdurahimi joined FC Astana on loan.[4]
In October 2020, Abdurahimi returned to Croatia to join second-tier NK Rudeš in his hometown of Zagreb.[5]
On 30 September 2022, Pafos announced the signing of Abdurahimi on loan from Akritas Chlorakas.[6]
International career
[edit]In February 2014 the Albanian media wrote about him as a good alternative for Albania's attack, since he is an ethnic Albanian.[2] On 14 May 2014 Besart had received a call up by the Macedonia national football team for the matches against Cameroon and Qatar on 26–30 May 2014. He had accepted the call up and will represent Macedonia at the international level. He made his debut on 26 May 2014 against Cameroon.[7] He scored his first international "winning" goal in the 92nd minute in their 3–2 win against Luxembourg on 9 October 2014.
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Macedonia's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 9 October 2014 | Philip II Arena, Skopje | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
References
[edit]- ^ "registracije 12.10.2020" (PDF). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ a b Asport (2 February 2014). "Abdurahimi zgjidhja për sulmin e kombëtares?". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Parajsa (15 March 2010). "Ekskluzive Besart Abdurahimi (NK Zagreb): Dua të bëhem si Ardian Kozniku". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Бесарт Абдурахими пополнил ряды Астаны. fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 28 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "registracije 12.10.2020" (PDF). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "PAFOS FC announce the signing of the Croatian footballer Besart Abdurahimi, on loan". FC Pafos. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
- Besart Abdurahimi at Soccerway
- Besart Abdurahimi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Besart Abdurahimi at the Croatian Football Federation
- Besart Abdurahimi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Zagreb
- Croatian people of Albanian descent
- Croatian people of Macedonian descent
- Men's association football wingers
- Macedonian men's footballers
- North Macedonia men's international footballers
- Croatian men's footballers
- Croatia men's youth international footballers
- Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
- NK Zagreb players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- FC Astana players
- Cerezo Osaka players
- Cerezo Osaka U-23 players
- KF Shkëndija players
- FK Partizani Tirana players
- FC Hermannstadt players
- NK Bravo players
- NK Rudeš players
- Akritas Chlorakas players
- Pafos FC players
- Croatian Football League players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- J2 League players
- J3 League players
- Macedonian First Football League players
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Liga I players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Macedonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Albania
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Albania
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus