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Imran Bunjaku

Imran Bunjaku

Kosovar footballer (born 1992)

Imran Bunjaku (born 18 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1][2] Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

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Club career

Before the 2021–22 season, he returned to Grasshoppers after six-and-a-half seasons at Schaffhausen. On 30 August 2021, he moved to Aarau on loan.[3] On 14 June 2022, he signed a one year contract with an option to extend with Aarau, after his contract at Grasshoppers was not renewed.[4]

International career

Originating from Kosovo with ethnic Albanian parents and born in Switzerland, Bunjaku was eligible to play for Switzerland, Albania and Kosovo if a national team should be formed, but in March 2011 he answered the call by Albania's Under-21 coach Artan Bushati for a non official friendly tournament held in Slovenia.[5]

He officially gained Albanian citizenship on 26 August 2011 along with his Grasshopper team mate Mërgim Brahimi, in order to compete in the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[6][7]

Since 2014 Bunjaku also received call-up from Kosovo[8] and he made his debut for Kosovo in a May 2014 friendly match against Senegal and has, as of January 2019, earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 1 goal. [9] However, he yet to make his competitive debut.

References

  1. [1]
    UEFA Profile
  2. [2]
    Footballdatabase profile
  3. [3]
    "BUNJAKU ON LOAN TO FC AARAU RIBEIRO LEAVES GC". Grasshoppers. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Imran Bunjaku hat seinen Vertrag beim FC Aarau verlängert". nau.ch. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. [5]
    "Bushati merr 10 talentë në Slloveni" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 2011-03-16. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  6. [6]
    "Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë"" (in Albanian). Koha. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  7. [7]
    "Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë"" (in Albanian). RTV 21. 2011-08-27. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  8. [8]
    "Më 31 gusht nis grumbullimi i Përfaqësueses" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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