Besir Demiri

Besir Demiri
Personal information
Date of birth	1 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, Left-back
Team information
Current team	Gjilani
Number	22
Youth career
2009–2013	Shkupi
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	Shkupi
2014–2016	Shkëndija
2017–2018	Vardar
2018–2019	Mariupol
2019–2020	Žilina
2020–2021	Kukësi
2021–2022	Dinamo Tirana
2022–2023	Shkupi
2023–	Gjilani
International career
2014–2017	Macedonia U21
2016	Macedonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024

Besir Demiri (born 1 August 1994) is a Kosovo professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or left-back for SC Gjilani.

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 Macedonia 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 Macedonia 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

^ "Бесир Демири - игрок ФК Мариуполь" (in Russian). FC Mariupol. 13 February 2018.
^ "Ukraine U21 vs Macedonia U21". UEFA. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Azerbaijan vs. Macedonia". MacedonianFootball. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ "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.

External links

Besir Demiri at Soccerway
Besir Demiri at National-Football-Teams.com
Besir Demiri at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)

[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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