Besir Demiri

Besir Demiri
Personal information
Full name Besir Demiri
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Place of birth Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Left back
Club information
Current team
 FK Vardar
Number 23
Youth career
2009–2013 Shkupi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Shkupi
2014–2016 Shkendija 52 (3)
2017– Vardar 16 (0)
National team‡
2014–2017 Macedonia U21 16 (1)
2016– Macedonia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2017

Besir Demiri (Macedonian: Бесир Демири; born 1 August 1994) is a Macedonian professional footballer of Albanian ethnicity who plays for Vardar as a defensive midfielder or left back.

Club career

Demiri started playing football in the youth club of FK Shkupi, and in 2013 he also joined their first team to perform in the Macedonian Second Football League. After two years playing for Shkupi, in January 2015 he transferred to FK Shkendija to play in Macedonia's top division. In December 2016 he transferred to Vardar

International career

Demiri made his debut for the Macedonian U21 national team in 2014 and he has been a regular player in the following 2 years after that. On 27 June 2016, after his great performance and debut goal in the Euro U21 qualifying match against Ukraine U21,[1] Demiri received an additional call up for the Macedonian A team. Only 2 days later, he already made his debut for the National Team in the 3:1 win against Azerbaijan where he was substituted in for Bojan Najdenov in the 83rd minute.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ukraine U21 vs Macedonia U21". UEFA. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Azerbaijan vs. Macedonia". MacedonianFootball. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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