| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Agim Ibraimi | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Tetovo, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | NK Maribor | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shkendija | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2006 | Shkendija | 49 | (3) |
| 2006–2008 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 47 | (19) |
| 2010–2011 | Eskişehirspor | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Nafta Lendava | 17 | (0) |
| 2011– | Maribor | 15 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Macedonia U21 | 11 | (2) |
| 2009– | Macedonia | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Agim Ibraimi (Macedonian: Агим Ибраими) (born 29 August 1988) is a Macedonian football player of Albanian descent who primarily plays as an offensive midfielder or a second striker for Slovenian club Maribor.[1]
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After playing for Shkendija 79 and Red Bull Salzburg, Agim joined Olimpija Ljubljana who were at that time playing in Slovenian second division. His first season in the Slovenian capital was very successful, as Olimpija finished as league winners and Ibraimi helped with 11 goals and 10 assists.
The start of his second season in Ljubljana was not as smooth. After Miran Pavlin, the director of football who brought him to the club, departed for FC Koper, Ibraimi wanted to join him. But Olimpija's board had none of it, as the player still had a valid contract with the club. The start of his first season in Slovenian PrvaLiga was difficult, his form was not up to standard, but it did pick up eventually and Ibraimi regained his place in Olimpija's first eleven. He scored his first goal in the Slovenian PrvaLiga on August 28 against FC Koper.
Ibraimi terminated his contract with Olimpija in the summer of 2010 and signed a 3 year deal with Turkish team Eskişehirspor on 3 September 2010. He made his debut for Eskişehirspor on 25 September 2010 when he came off the bench in the 77th minute but his team lost 1:0. Ibraimi failed to adjust to the Turkish league so he and the club agreed to mutually terminate the contract and Ibraimi joined Nafta Lendava during the 2011 January transfer window.
On 10 June 2011, it was announced that Ibraimi has signed a three year contract with Slovenian club, NK Maribor.[1] He made his debut for Maribor against F91 Dudelange in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League where he also scored his first goal for the club.[2]
He was capped for Macedonia U-21 several times. His firs call up to the Macedonia national football team was for a friendly match against Spain which took place on 12.8.2009. On his debut he came on as a substitute for Goran Pandev in 79th minute of the game.
Ibraimi is multilingual, speaking five languages fluently: Albanian, English, German, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian.[3] He also understands and is taking lessons for Slovene and Spanish.[3]
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