Blendi Idrizi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 May 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Bonn, Germany | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
Number | 36 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Blau-Weiß Friesdorf | ||
2012–2014 | Bonner SC | ||
2014–2015 | TSC Euskirchen | ||
2015–2017 | 1. FC Köln | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Blau-Weiß Friesdorf | 25 | (16) |
2018–2019 | Alemannia Aachen | 28 | (4) |
2019–2020 | Fortuna Köln | 13 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Schalke 04 II | 36 | (8) |
2021– | Schalke 04 | 13 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2019–2020 | Kosovo U21 | 3 | (0) |
2021– | Kosovo | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2022 |
Blendi Idrizi (born 2 May 1998) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Kosovo national team.
Club career[]
Early career and return to Blau-Weiß Friesdorf[]
Idrizi at the age of 13 started playing football in Blau-Weiß Friesdorf, where after one year it was transferred to Bonner SC. He besides being was part of Bonner SC, he was part even of TSC Euskirchen (2014–2015) and 1. FC Köln (2015–2017).[2] In the 2017–18 season, Idrizi returns to his former team, Blau-Weiß Friesdorf, but now as a senior team's player and scores 16 goals in 25 games.[2]
Alemannia Aachen[]
On 14 May 2018, Idrizi joined Regionalliga West side Alemannia Aachen.[3] On 29 July 2018, he made his debut in a 2–1 away defeat against Viktoria Köln after coming on as a substitute at 58th minute in place of Mahmut Temür.[4]
Fortuna Köln[]
On 25 June 2019, Idrizi joined Regionalliga West side Fortuna Köln.[5] On 10 August 2019, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against Wattenscheid 09 after being named in the starting line-up.[6]
Schalke 04[]
On 29 January 2020, Idrizi joined Regionalliga West side Schalke 04 II.[7] Three days later, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against his former club Bonner SC after coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute in place of Jason Ceka.[8]
On 12 May 2021, Idrizi made his first team debut in a 2–1 away defeat against Hertha BSC, starting the match before being substituted off in the 77th minute for Steven Skrzybski.[9] Three days after debut, he scored his first goal for Schalke 04 in his second appearance for the club in a 4–3 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga.[10]
International career[]
Under-21[]
On 22 May 2017, Idrizi received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a three-day training camp.[11] On 9 October 2019, he received again a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Albania U21,[12] and made his debut after coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute in place of Gëzim Pepsi.
Senior[]
On 25 May 2021, Idrizi received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly matches against San Marino and Malta.[13] Seven days later, he made his debut with Kosovo in a friendly match against San Marino after being named in the starting line-up.[14]
Personal life[]
Idrizi was born in Bonn, Germany to Kosovo Albanian parents from Gjilan.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played on 22 January 2022.[15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Blau-Weiß Friesdorf | 2017–18 | Oberliga Mittelrhein | 25 | 16 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 26 | 16 | |
Alemannia Aachen | 2018–19 | Regionalliga West | 28 | 4 | — | 5[a] | 2 | 33 | 6 | |
Fortuna Köln | 2019–20 | Regionalliga West | 13 | 1 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
Schalke 04 II | 2019–20 | Regionalliga West | 5 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | Regionalliga West | 31 | 6 | — | — | 31 | 6 | |||
Total | 36 | 8 | — | — | 36 | 8 | ||||
Schalke 04 | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |
2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |||
Career total | 115 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 124 | 32 |
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Mittelrheinpokal[16]
International[]
- As of match played on 14 November 2021.[17]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Kosovo | |||
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ Blendi Idrizi at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ a b c "Blendi Idrizi | Spielerprofil | Bundesliga" [Blendi Idrizi | Player profile | Bundesliga] (in German). Bundesliga. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Alemannia Aachen verpflichtet mit Blendi Idrizi und Marcel Kaiser zwei Offensivspieler" [Alemannia Aachen signed two offensive players with Blendi Idrizi and Marcel Kaiser]. Fussball.com (in German). 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Viktoria Köln vs. Alemannia Aachen 2–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Blendi Idrizi wechselt zu Fortuna Köln" [Blendi Idrizi is moving to Fortuna Cologne] (in German). SC Fortuna Köln. 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Unentschieden gegen Wattenscheid: Fortuna erkämpft sich ersten Punkt" [Draw against Wattenscheid: Fortuna fights for the first point] (in German). SC Fortuna Köln. 10 August 2019.
- ^ "U23: Blendi Idrizi wird ein Königsblauer" [U23: Blendi Idrizi will be a royal blue] (in German). FC Schalke 04. 29 January 2020.
- ^ "2:0 – U23 holt drei Punkte gegen Bonn" [2-0 – U23 get three points against Bonn] (in German). FC Schalke 04. 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Frühes Harit-Tor reicht nicht: S04 unterliegt Hertha BSC" [Early Harit goal is not enough: S04 is subject to Hertha BSC] (in German). FC Schalke 04. 12 May 2021.
- ^ "S04 beat Frankfurt 4–3 at home". FC Schalke 04. 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Përfundoi grumbullimi treditor i Kombëtares U-21" [The three-day gathering of the national U-21 team is over] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Prekazi e Kastrati shfaqen optimistë për ndeshjen me Shqipërinë" [Prekazi and Kastrati appear optimistic about the match against Albania] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Challandes e publikon listën e futbollistëve për miqësoret kundër San Marinos e Maltës" [Challandes publishes the list of footballers for the friendlies against San Marino and Malta] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Formacionet zyrtare: Kosova-San Marino, debutime dhe taktika të reja nga Challandes" [Official formations: Kosovo-San Marino, new debuts and tactics from Challandes] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 June 2021.
- ^ Blendi Idrizi at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "20 Blendi Idrizi (Angriff) – Regionalliga West 2018/19" [20 Blendi Idrizi (Forward) – 2018/19 Regionalliga West] (in German). Alemannia Aachen. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Blendi Idrizi". eu-football.info. 1 June 2021.
External links[]
- Blendi Idrizi at DFB (also available in German)
- Blendi Idrizi at kicker (in German)
- Blendi Idrizi at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bonn
- Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
- Association football midfielders
- Kosovan footballers
- Kosovo under-21 international footballers
- Kosovo international footballers
- Kosovan expatriate footballers
- Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- German footballers
- German people of Kosovan descent
- German people of Albanian descent
- Regionalliga players
- Alemannia Aachen players
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- FC Schalke 04 II players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Kosovan football biography stubs