Bler Thaçi

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Bler Thaçi
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Obilić, FR Yugoslavia [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 2 Korriku
Youth career
2005–2015 KF KEK [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 KEK
2018–2019 Besa Kavajë 32 (5)
2020-2021 KEK
2021- FC 2 Korriku
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:00, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Bler Thaçi [lower-alpha 1] (born 4 August 1999) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for KEK.

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Club career

Thaçi gained recognition in 2013 as the "best under-15 player in Kosovo". He began training with Galatasaray S.K in January 2014. [3] He defected from KF KEK to KF Besa Kavajë in January 2018 alongside compatriot Fatjon Bushati, who joined from KF Ballkani. [1] He returned to KEK in December 2019. [4]

Personal life

Thaçi is named after former British prime minister Tony Blair. [5] [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 July 2018. [6]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Besa Kavajë 2017–18 Albanian First Division 9300–0093
2018–19 0000–0000
Career total9300000093

Notes

  1. ↑ Also transliterated as Thaqi [3]

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    References

    1. 1 2 "Thaçi, kosovari që po bën të "harrohet" Bernard Berisha te Besa" [Thaci, Kosovar who is making people "forget" Bernard Berisha at Besa] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
    2. 1 2 "Bler Thaçi, 15-vjeçari që luan me ekipin e parë të KEK-ut" [Bler Thaci, 15, plays with KEK's first team]. Gazetaolle. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
    3. 1 2 3 "Meet the Kosovan Albanians who named their sons after Tony Blair". The Guardian . 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
    4. ↑ Zyrtare: Keku kryen transferimin e parë për afatin kalimtar dimëror - Gazeta Metro (in Albanian)
    5. ↑ "Footballers named after politicians, from Tony Blair to Mahatma Gandhi". The Guardian . 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
    6. ↑ Bler Thaçi at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2018.


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