Besart Ibraimi

Besart Ibraimi
Personal information
Full name Besart Ibraimi
Date of birth (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986
Place of birth Kičevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Shkëndija
Number 7
Youth career
1993–2006 Napredok
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Vlazrimi 32 (4)
2007–2008 Napredok 43 (14)
2008–2010 Renova 42 (25)
2010–2011 Schalke 04 2 (0)
2011–2014 Sevastopol 43 (12)
2011 → Tavriya Simferopol (loan) 2 (0)
2013 → Metalurh Zaporizhya (loan) 11 (0)
2014 Enosis Neon Paralimni 8 (6)
2014–2015 Ermis Aradippou 23 (2)
2015– Shkëndija 44 (32)
National team‡
2009– Macedonia 12 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2014.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2016

Besart Ibraimi (Macedonian: Бесарт Ибраими; born 17 December 1986 in Kičevo, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian professional football player playing for Shkëndija.

Early life

He is of Albanian origin. Ibrahimi began playing football in his hometown Kičevo for the youngsters of FK Vëllazërimi.

Career

Ibrahimi began his professional career 2005 with FK Vëllazërimi, earning 32 caps and scoring four goals, before joining FK Napredok in January 2007. He played for FK Napredok for one season, 2007–08, playing 43 games and scoring 14 goals.[1] In September 2008, he signed for FK Renova.[2] He left Macedonia and his club FK Renova[3] on 12 January 2010 for German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04.[4] He made his Schalke debut on 6 February 2010 in an away game against SC Freiburg coming on in the 77th minute as a substitute.[5]

Ibraimi only made two appearances for the first team of Schalke 04 before he was transferred to the Schalke 04 II team in the summer of 2010.[6] Ibraimi could participate in training with Schalke 04 II but since he is a non EU player, he could not play in league games for Schalke 04 II. After a half year, he signed on 26 January 2011 with the Ukrainian club PFK Sevastopol.[7]

In January 2014, Ibraimi ended his contract with PFK Sevastopol and joined the Cypriot club Enosis Paralimini. After showing his impressive qualities in Enosis Paralimini all "the elite" clubs in Cypriot First Division ran after Besart Ibraimi, he finally decided to move to Ermis Aradippou where he signed a contract for one year. He made his debut with Ermis Aradippou on 1 September 2014, in the 56th minute of the match against Apollon Limassol.

International career

Ibrahimi has earned seven caps for the Macedonia national football team and is a former member of the U-21 team.[8]

Honours

He was voted as the best player in Macedonia for 2009.

References

  1. ↑ "ALSAT-M – IBRAHIMI FUTBOLLIST I VITIT". alsat-m.tv.
  2. ↑ "Mazedonischer Nationalspieler Besart Ibraimi jetzt ein Schalker" (in German). FC Schalke 04. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "FC Schalke 04: Neuzugang Nummer 6" (in German). Merkur Online. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Macedonia international Besart Ibraimi joins Schalke". FC Schalke 04. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Das Aluminium stellt sich in den Weg" (in German). kicker.de. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Besart Ibraimi: FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Ibraimi nga Schalke 04 kalon në Sevastopol". indeksonline.net.
  8. ↑ "U-21, katër shqiptarë kundër Shqipërisë" (in Albanian). Parajsa.com. 26 January 2008. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

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