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Enis Bardhi
Personal information
Full name Enis Bardhi[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Skopje, North Macedonia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Levante
Number 10
Youth career
2012 Shkupi
2013 Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Prespa Birlik 10 (5)
2014–2017 Újpest 79 (19)
2017– Levante 92 (19)
International career‡
2012–2013 Macedonia U17 1 (0)
2013–2014 Macedonia U19 4 (0)
2014–2017 Macedonia U21 14 (4)
2015– North Macedonia 27 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2019

Enis Bardhi (Macedonian: Енис Барди; born 2 July 1995) is an Macedonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club Levante UD and the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Skopje, he started the early career at Skupi F.C so later on he became part of K.F Albarsa where he use to play 2 seasons for the first team at the 3rd Macedonian division by showing a tremendous talent and after successful years there Bardhi joined Brøndby IF's youth setup in 2013, from FK Shkupi. In November of that year, however, he agreed to a one-year deal with Swedish Football Division 2 club KSF Prespa Birlik.[2]

Bardhi played ten matches and scored five goals for the club during his spell, helping in their narrow escape from relegation.[3]

Újpest

In August 2014, Bardhi moved to Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ujpest on trial,[4] and signed a three-year contract late in the month.[5]

Levante

On 17 July 2017, Bardhi agreed to a three-year deal with La Liga side Levante UD for an estimated €1.5 million.[6][7] He made his La Liga debut on 21 August, starting in a 1–0 home win against Villarreal CF.[8]

On 26 August 2017 Bardhi scored his first goal in the top tier, netting his team's first through a direct free kick in a 2–2 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[9] The only person who scored more free kicks in the 17/18 season was Lionel Messi.

In the 2018-19 season Bardhi cemented himself as a first team regular, making 36 appearances in the league.

International career

Bardhi, born in Macedonia and ethnic Albanian, was eligible to represent either Macedonia or Albania. Bardhi desired to represent Albania, stating "I do not believe there is an Albanian born in Skopje, with Albanian families, who would not want to play for Albania".[10] Redi Jupi, who was appointed as scouting manager for the Albanian Football Association, never approached Bardhi or respond to Bardhi's managers call out. With Macedonia showing genuine interest and Bardhi viewing the FSHF handling of the situation and response as unprofessional, accepted the call-up for Macedonia.[10]

However, Jetmir Salihu, a representative for the FSHF, dismissed Bardhi's claim, who unveiled all the messages between him and the player, replying that Bardhi was never interested to come to Albania in the first place.[11] He also accused the player of trying to damage the image of Albanian Football Association with the aim to be seen as hero to Albanian people, stating: "Since 2010 I've had hundreds of such cases, footballers that have refused the national team and at the end they came out with such statements because they want to make FSHF guilty so they can win the sympathy of Albanians."[11]

Bardhi represented Macedonia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels before making his full international debut on 27 March 2015, coming on as a first-half substitute for Artim Položani in a 1–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home loss against Belarus.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 August 2019[13]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Prespa Birlik 2014 Division 2 10 5 — — — 10 5
Total 10 5 0 0 — 0 0 10 5
Újpest 2014–15 NB I 21 2 5 0 — 3 0 29 2
2015–16 29 5 5 1 — — 34 6
2016–17 29 12 2 1 — — 31 13
Total 79 19 12 2 — 3 0 94 21
Levante 2017–18 La Liga 26 9 4 0 — — 30 9
2018–19 36 3 2 0 — — 38 3
2019–20 30 7 2 0 — — 32 7
Total 92 19 8 0 — 0 0 100 19
Career totals 181 43 20 2 0 0 4 0 205 45

International

As of 9 September 2019[14]
Macedonia
Year Apps Goals
2015 4 0
2016 2 0
2017 5 1
2018 8 2
2019 6 2
Total 25 5

International goals

Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first.[14]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 October 2017 Stadion Mladost, Strumica, Macedonia  Liechtenstein
3–0
4–0
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 16 November 2018 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
1–0
2–0
 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3. 19 November 2018 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia  Gibraltar
1–0
4–0
4. 25 March 2019 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia
1–1
1–1
 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5. 9 September 2019 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia
2–0
2–0

Honours

Újpest

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 18 de mayo de 2019, en Valencia" [Minutes of the Match held on 18 May 2019, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Ekskluzive: Bardhi prej sot te KSF Prespa në Suedi" [Exclusive: Bardhi from today of KSF Prespa from Sweden] (in Macedonian). PortAlb. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Grattis Enis!" [Thanks Enis!] (in Swedish). KSF Prespa. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Leigazoljuk Enis Bardhi-t" [Enis Bardhi on trial] (in Hungarian). Újpest FC. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Ekskluzive: Enis Bardhi te Ujpesti i Hungarisë" [Exclusive: Enis Bardhi to Újpest in Hungary] (in Macedonian). PortAlb. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. ^ "North Macedonia - E. Bardhi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Bardhi se compromete con el Levante UD por las próximas tres temporadas" [Bardhi signs with Levante UD for the following three seasons] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. ^ "La Liga echaba de menos a Morales" [La Liga was missing Morales] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  9. ^ "El Levante rescata un punto con polémica" [Levante rescue a point with controversy] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  10. ^ a b "E vërteta e talentit Enis Bardhi: Desha të luaja për Shqipërinë, shkova te Maqedonia prej Redi Jupit". Panorama Sport. 18 September 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Përfaqësuesi i FSHF publikon mesazhet e Enis Bardhit: Pretendove të dalësh hero, dole palaço (FOTO)" [Representative of FSHF publishes Elis Bardhi's messages: You pretended to be hero, but you become harlequin] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Belarus get the better of FYR Macedonia". UEFA.com. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  13. ^ Enis Bardhi at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Enis Bardhi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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