Imran Bunjaku
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Imran Bunjaku | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Schaffhausen | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Grasshopper Zürich | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Grasshopper Zürich ll | 61 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Grasshopper Zürich | 5 | (0) |
2014– | FC Schaffhausen | 98 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2014 | Albania U-21 | 13 | (0) |
2014– | Kosovo | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2011 |
Imran Bunjaku (born 18 October 1992) is a Kosovar[1] footballer who plays for Swiss Challenge League side FC Schaffhausen as a midfielder.[2][3]
International career
Originating from Kosovo with ethnic Albanian parents and born in Switzerland, Bunjaku was eligible to play for Switzerland, Albania and Kosovo if a national team should be formed, but in March 2011 he answered the call by Albania's Under-21 coach Artan Bushati for a non official friendly tournament held in Slovenia.[4]
He officially gained Albanian citizenship on 26 August 2011 along with his Grasshopper team mate Mërgim Brahimi, in order to compete in the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[5][6]
Since 2014 Bunjaku also received call-up from Kosovo[7] and he made his debut for Kosovo in a May 2014 friendly match against Senegal and has, as of January 2019, earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 1 goal. [8] However, he yet to make his competitive debut.
References
- ^ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2014/09/08/berisha-salutes-kosovos-maiden-win
- ^ UEFA Profile
- ^ Footballdatabase profile
- ^ "Bushati merr 10 talentë në Slloveni" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 2011-03-16. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë"" (in Albanian). Koha. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ^ "Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë"" (in Albanian). RTV 21. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ^ "Më 31 gusht nis grumbullimi i Përfaqësueses" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
External links
- Imran Bunjaku at National-Football-Teams.com
- Imran Bunjaku at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zürich
- Kosovo Albanians
- Swiss people of Kosovan descent
- Swiss people of Albanian descent
- Association football midfielders
- Kosovan footballers
- Kosovo international footballers
- Albanian footballers
- Albania youth international footballers
- Swiss footballers
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- FC Schaffhausen players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Kosovan expatriate footballers
- Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Albanian expatriate footballers
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland