Besart Abdurahimi

Besart Abdurahimi
Personal information
Full name	Besart Abdurahimi
Date of birth	31 July 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth	Zagreb, SR Croatia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Club information
Current team	Rudeš
Youth career
	NK Zelengaj Zagreb
	Lokomotiva Zagreb
2004–2008	NK Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2014	NK Zagreb
2013–2014	→ Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan)
2014–2016	Lokeren
2016	→ Astana (loan)
2016	→ Cerezo Osaka (loan)
2017	Shkëndija
2018	Partizani Tirana
2018–2019	Hermannstadt
2019–2020	Bravo
2020-	Rudeš
National team‡
2006	Croatia U16
2006	Croatia U17
2008	Croatia U18
2008	Croatia U19
2009	Croatia U20
2009–2012	Croatia U21
2014–2015	Macedonia
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2020; ‡ 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 currently playing for Rudeš in the Druga HNL.^[1]

Early life[]

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[]

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]

International career[]

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.^[6] He scored his first international "winning" goal in the 92nd minute in their 3-2 win against Luxembourg on 9 October 2014.

International goals[]

Scores and results list Macedonia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 October 2014	Philip II Arena, Skopje	Luxembourg	3–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

References[]

^ "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. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^ "registracije 12.10.2020" (PDF). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links[]

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 (in Japanese)

[1] "registracije 12.10.2020" (PDF). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[Asport-2] Asport (2 February 2014). "Abdurahimi zgjidhja për sulmin e kombëtares?". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

[Parajsa-3] 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.

[4] Бесарт Абдурахими пополнил ряды Астаны. fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[5] "registracije 12.10.2020" (PDF). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[6] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

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