Besir Demiri

Besir Demiri (born 1 August 1994) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or left back.

Besir Demiri
Personal information
Full name Besir Demiri
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Place of birth Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Left back
Youth career
2009–2013 Shkupi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Shkupi Čair
2014–2016 Shkëndija Tetovo 52 (3)
2017-2018 Vardar Skopje 26 (0)
2018–2019 Mariupol 33 (0)
2019–2020 Žilina 21 (2)
National team‡
2014–2017 Macedonia U21 16 (1)
2016 Macedonia 2 (0)
2018– Albania 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2018

Club career

Demiri started playing football in the youth club of Shkupi Čair, and in 2013 he also joined their first team to perform in the Macedonian Second Football League. After two years playing for Shkupi, in January 2015 he transferred to Shkendija Tetovo to play in Macedonia's top division. In December 2016 he transferred to Vardar Skopje. In February 2018 he moved to Ukrainian Premier League club FC Mariupol.[1]

International career

Demiri made his debut for the Macedonian U21 national team in 2014 and he has been a regular player in the following 2 years after that. On 27 June 2016, after his great performance and debut goal in the Euro U21 qualifying match against Ukraine U21,[2] Demiri received an additional call up for the Macedonian A team. Only 2 days later, he already made his debut for the National Team in the 3:1 win against Azerbaijan where he was substituted in for Bojan Najdenov in the 83rd minute.[3] On 2 September 2018, he was called-up to Albania national football team for 2018–19 UEFA Nations League matches.[4]

References
  1. "Бесир Демири - игрок ФК Мариуполь" (in Russian). FC Mariupol. 13 February 2018.
  2. "Ukraine U21 vs Macedonia U21". UEFA. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. "Azerbaijan vs. Macedonia". MacedonianFootball. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. "Trajneri Panucci shpall listën për ndeshjet zyrtare me Izraelin dhe Skocinë: "Tani nis një epokë e re për kombëtaren shqiptare" [Coach Panucci announces the list of official matches with Israel and Scotland: "Now is a new era for the Albanian national team"] (in Albanian). Albanian Football Association. 1 September 2018.


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