Ismajl Beka

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Ismajl Beka
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Luzern
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2016 Wil
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Wil U21 47 (6)
2018–2020 Wil 7 (0)
2020–2022 Rapperswil-Jona 44 (5)
2022 Wil 6 (1)
2022– Luzern 32 (1)
International career‡
2017–2018 Kosovo U19 5 (0)
2023– Kosovo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

Ismajl Beka (born 31 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss club Luzern. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

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Club career

Rapperswil-Jona

On 10 February 2020, Beka signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Swiss Promotion League club Rapperswil-Jona. [1] After the transfer, his debut and the league was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. His debut with Rapperswil-Jona came on 6 August in the 2019–20 Swiss Cup quarter-final against Sion after being named in the starting line-up. [2] His league debut with Rapperswil-Jona came nine days later in a 1–1 away draw against Bellinzona after being named in the starting line-up. [3] Four days after league debut, he scored his first goal for Rapperswil-Jona in his third appearance for the club in a 2–1 home win over Breitenrain Bern in Swiss Promotion League. [4]

Return to Wil

On 10 June 2022, Beka signed a two-year contract with Swiss Challenge League club Wil. [5] His debut with Wil came on 17 July in a 2–0 home win against Neuchâtel Xamax after being named in the starting line-up. [6] Fourteen days after debut, he scored his first goal for Wil in his third appearance for the club in a 2–0 home win over Vaduz in Swiss Challenge League. [7]

Luzern

On 31 August 2022, Beka signed a three-year contract with Swiss Super League club Luzern and received squad number 30. [8] His debut with Luzern came four days later in a 0–2 home defeat against Servette after coming on as a substitute at 69th minute in place of Leny Meyer. [9]

International career

Youth

On 1 October 2017, Beka was named as part of the Kosovo U19 squad for 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications. [10] His debut came two days later in a 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification match against Austria U19 after being named in the starting line-up. [11]

On 4 October 2018, Beka received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Israel U21, [12] he was an unused substitute in that match.

Senior

In August 2023, Beka received his first call-up to the Kosovo senior national team by head coach Primož Gliha, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Switzerland and Romania. [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "FCRJ mit vier Neuen im Kader" [FCRJ with four new players in the squad] (in German). Telegrafi. 10 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Rapperswil-Jona vs. Sion 1–2". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "AC Bellinzona – FC Rapperswil-Jona (Promotion League 2020/2021, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "FC Rapperswil-Jona – FC Breitenrain Bern (Promotion League 2020/2021, 2. Round)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ammeter und Beka stossen zum FC Wil 1900" [Ammeter and Beka join FC Wil 1900] (in German). FC Wil. 10 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ein Sieg zum Saisonstart" [A win to start the season] (in German). FC Wil. 18 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Drei Punkte nach Leistungssteigerung" [Three points after performance increase] (in German). FC Wil. 1 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Neuer Innenverteidiger" [New centre-back] (in German). FC Luzern. 31 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Niederlage gegen Servette" [Loss to Servette] (in German). FC Luzern. 4 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Kombëtarja U19 udhëtoi për në Austri" [National U19 team traveled to Austria] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Humbje minimale e Kombëtares U-19 përballë Austrisë" [Minimal defeat of national U19 team against Austria] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 3 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Prekazi publikon listën e futbollistëve për ndeshjen kundër Izraelit" [Prekazi publishes the list of footballers for the match against Israel] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 4 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Përzgjedhësi Gliha publikon listën e futbollistëve për ndeshjet e shtatorit" [Selector Gliha publishes the list of footballers for the September matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Publikohet lista e Kombëtares së Kosovës për ndeshjet e shtatorit". Kosova Press (in Albanian). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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