Blerim Rrustemi

Blerim Rrustemi
Personal information
Full name	Blerim Rrustemi
Date of birth	4 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Vushtrri, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	1. FC Viersen
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	CS Azzuri
2000–2001	Toronto Supra
2001–2002	Portuguesa
2002–2004	Defensor Sporting
2004–2007	Borussia Mönchengladbach II
2007–2008	AC Horsens
2008	Rot-Weiss Erfurt
2008–2009	Alki Larnaca
2009–2010	Vllaznia
2010–2011	FC Wegberg-Beeck
2011–2013	Goslarer SC
2013	SSVg Velbert
2014	Germania Ratingen 04/19
2014–2015	Rheydter SV
2015–2019	SC Union Nettetal
2019–	1. FC Viersen
International career
2007	Albania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2019

Blerim Rrustemi (Template:Lang-sh; born 4 February 1983) is an Albanian footballer from Kosovo, who plays as a defender. Rrustemi likes to play as a defensive midfielder, but played in defense for Alki Larnaca and the Albanian National Team. He currently plays for German amateur side 1. FC Viersen.

Club career

As a youngster, he has attended and played for Weston Collegiate Institute high-school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While in Toronto, he has played for CS Azzuri in 1999–2000 and the Toronto Supra in 2000–2001 which are both teams of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He has also played for different Albanian teams in Toronto.^[1]

He moved to South America, playing for Portuguesa of Brasil in 2001–2002 and Defensor Sporting of Uruguay in 2002–2004.

Then he come back to Europe where he played between 2004 and 2008 in Germany at amateur teams Borussia Mönchengladbach II and Rot-Weiß Erfurt and couple of months in Denmark first division for AC Horsens. In 2008–2009 he played in Cyprus first division at Alki Larnaca. He signed for the Albanian team KS Vllaznia in October 2009.

Spending the latter years of hius career in the German lower leagues, he joined 1. FC Viersen from SC Union Nettetal in summer 2019.^[2]

Though originating from Kosovo like many players of Albanian ethnicity, he chose the Albania national football team. He made his debut for Albania in an August 2007 friendly match against Malta and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2007 European Championship qualification match against Belarus.^[3]

He holds Albanian and Canadian passports.

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^ 1. FC Viersen verpflichtet Blerim Rrustemi - RP Online (in German)
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 13 October 2019.