Fatmire Bajramaj

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Lira Bajramaj

Lira Bajramaj in 2011
Personal information
Full nameFatmire Lira Bajramaj
Date of birth (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988
Place of birthIstok, Yugoslavia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current club1. FFC Frankfurt
Number10
Youth career
1993–1998DJK/VfL Giesenkirchen
1998–2004FSC Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2009FCR 2001 Duisburg84(30)
2009–20111. FFC Turbine Potsdam40(29)
2011–1. FFC Frankfurt27(10)
National team‡
2003Germany U152(0)
2004Germany U177(0)
2005–2006Germany U1916(1)
2005–Germany67(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 September 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:02, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[1]

Fatmire "Lira" Bajramaj (born 1 April 1988) is a German footballer with Albanian ethnicity. She plays as an attacking midfielder for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. She placed 3rd in 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or competition, an annual award given to the world's best player.

Career

Club

Bajramaj began her career at DJK/VfL Giesenkirchen. From 1997 to 2004 she played for FSC Mönchengladbach, before moving to the Bundesliga side and joining FCR 2001 Duisburg.[2][3] She made her Bundesliga debut in September 2004 for the club and scored her first goal one month later. Bajramaj immediately became a regular starter for Duisburg. She was runner-up with Duisburg for four seasons in a row from 2005 to 2008. During the 2008–09 season, Bajramaj won the UEFA Women's Champions League. She also claimed the 2009 German Cup title, where she scored in the final.

After five seasons at Duisburg, Bajramaj moved to league rivals 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam for the 2009–10 season.[4] At her new club, she won the Bundesliga title in 2010 and 2011. In the 2009–10 season, Potsdam also claimed the inaugural UEFA Women's Champions League title, with Bajramaj scoring during the penalty shoot-out in the final.[5] One year later, Potsdam again made it to the final, but lost against Olympique Lyonnais.

Bajramaj at practice with Potsdam in 2009.

Bajramaj came in third place for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or award. She has announced to move to 1. FFC Frankfurt for the 2011–12 season. The transfer is the most expensive in women's Bundesliga history.[6]

International

Bajramaj made her debut for Germany’s senior national team in October 2005 against Scotland. One year later, she won 2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship at junior level.[1] At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, the German team was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Bajramaj started in all four of the team's matches and scored three goals during the tournament.[7]

She won her first major international title at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She was a reserve player for Germany, appearing in four games, including the tournament's final, in which she won the corner that let to Germany's second goal. One year later, Bajramaj claimed bronze with Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was brought on after 62 minutes in the third-place play-off and scored both goals in Germany's 2–0 win over Japan. In 2009, Bajramaj won her first European trophy at the 2009 European Championship, where Germany claimed its seventh title. She was also called up for Germany's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Source: [8]

Personal life

Bajramaj's parents Ismet and Ganimet, who are Kosovar-Albanians, moved their family from Istok, Yugoslavia to Germany in 1993.[9] Since 2007, she was in a relationship with the Kosovo-Albanian actor and model Eshref Durmishi.[10] In October 2009, she published her autobiography Mein Tor ins Leben – Vom Flüchtling zur Weltmeisterin (My Gate [wordplay: German "Tor" translates to both "Goal"/"Gate"] into Life – From Refugee to World Champion).[11] In June 2011 she began dating fellow footballer Enis Alushi. Both their fathers are working together as police officers in Kosovo.[12] The couple announced its engagement the following year. Shortly after, in September 2012 both suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries in matches within 72 hours of each other.[13]

Honours

Club

FCR 2001 Duisburg
Turbine Potsdam
FFC Frankfurt

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nationalspielerin Fatmire Bajramaj" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Portrait of the Footballer Fatmire Bajramaj: From Refugee to World Champion". En.qantara.de. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
  3. ↑ VON CHRISTIAN SPOLDERS – zuletzt aktualisiert: 01.10.2007 (22 February 1999). "Weltmeisterin aus Giesenkirchen". Rp-online.de. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Fatmire Bajramaj wechselt zum 1. FFC Frankfurt" [Bajramaj transfers to FFC Frankfurt] (in German). womensoccer.de. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Turbine-Frauen gewinnen im Elfmeterschießen" (in German). Spiegel.de. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Bajramaj-Wechsel läutet neue Ära ein" [Bajramaj-transfer starts a new era] (in German). womensoccer.de. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Fatmire Bajramaj". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Players Info Bajramaj Goals". DFB. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  9. ↑ "Film ab! Jetzt spielen auch die Eltern mit". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 23 June 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2010. 
  10. ↑ "Die schöne Weltmeisterin steht auf Tussischuhe" (in German). Welt.de. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Lira Bajramaj – My Goal into Life". randomhouse.de. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  12. ↑ Schöne Lira liebt diesen Zweitliga-Profi
  13. ↑ "Liebe ist... ...ein gemeinsamer Kreuzbandriss" (in German). Bild.de. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012. 

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Preceded by
Inka Grings		 German Female Footballer of the Year
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