Personal information | |||
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Full name | Visar Bekaj | ||
Date of birth | 24 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Pristina, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hatayspor | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2013 | Ramiz Sadiku | ||
2013–2015 | Prishtina | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2020 | Prishtina | 159 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Tirana | 103 | (0) |
2023– | Hatayspor | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Albania U17 | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Kosovo U21 | 8 | (0) |
2015– | Kosovo | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 |
Visar Bekaj (born 24 May 1997) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Hatayspor and the Kosovo national team.
On 27 June 2019, Bekaj commenced his fifth season with a draw in 2019–20 UEFA Europa League preliminary round match against Gibraltarian side St Joseph's after being named in the starting line-up. [1]
On 4 July 2019, Prishtina through a communiqué stated that Bekaj, most likely in Gibraltar against St Joseph's has played his last official match with Prishtina and is soon expected to move to 1899 Hoffenheim. [2] [3] On 4 September 2019, Bota Sot confirms that Bekaj's transfer to 1899 Hoffenheim has failed after the German club request in TMS system to Prishtina was missing. [4]
Bekaj returned to Football Superleague of Kosovo side Prishtina, [4] On 13 September 2019, he played the first game after the return against Llapi after being named in the starting line-up. [5] [6]
On 29 August 2020, Bekaj signed a three-year contract with Kategoria Superiore club Tirana. [7] His debut with Tirana came on 1 October in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League play-off round against Young Boys after being named in the starting line-up. [8]
In December 2012, Bekaj received a call-up from Albania U17 for a selection camp in Pristina, Kosovo from 3–4 December 2012. [9] On 7 October 2015, he received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Equatorial Guinea. [10] His debut with Kosovo came on 13 November in a friendly match against Albania after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of captain Samir Ujkani. [11]
On 21 March 2017, Bekaj received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Republic of Ireland U21, [12] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up. [13]
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Pas shumë viteve të kaluara te ekipi nga kryeqyteti, Bekaj dëshiron të vazhdoj karrierën jashtë Kosovës. Ai është negociata me skuadren gjermane Hoffenheim. "Ende nuk kam nënshkruar kontratë por jemi afër marrëveshjes" tha Bekaj për Indeksonline
Visar Bekaj mund të mbetet te FC Prishtina. Kjo pasi që transferimi i tij te skuadra gjermane Hoffenheim është pranë dështimit .Afati kalimtar i transferimeve në Gjermani ka përfunduar, ndërkohë që ka munguar kërkesa e klubit gjerman në sistemin TMS në drejtim të FC Prishtinës