Jasir Asani

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Jasir Asani
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Asani with Gwangju in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jasir Fadil Asani
Date of birth (1995-05-19) 19 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Gwangju FC
Number 44
Youth career
2010–2014 Vardar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2017 Vardar 66 (17)
2017 → Shkupi (loan) 14 (3)
2017 Pobeda 2 (0)
2017–2019 Partizani B 5 (3)
2017–2021 Partizani 106 (24)
2020 → AIK (loan) 4 (1)
2021–2023 Kisvárda 44 (6)
2023– Gwangju FC 34 (7)
International career‡
2014–2015 Macedonia U21 4 (0)
2016 Albania U21 1 (1)
2023– Albania 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024

Jasir Fadil Asani (born 19 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for K League 1 club Gwangju FC. Born in North Macedonia, he plays for the Albania national team.

Contents

Club career

Early life and career

Jasir Asani was born in Skopje to Albanian parents, from the village of Batincë. Asani begun his professional career with Vardar, making his debut on 25 August 2013 by coming on in the last minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to Turnovo. [1]

Partizani

Asani completed a transfer to Partizani Tirana on 23 September 2017, [2] after the expiration of the transfer window. As a result, he was initially relegated to Partizani B. He scored a hat-trick on 14 October for Partizani B against Sopoti to give his side the 4–1 victory. [3]

He made his professional debut on 29 October with Partizani against Flamurtari, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in place of Milan Basrak. [4]

Asani scored his first goal for Partizani on 4 February 2018 in a 2–1 home win over Kamza. [5]

In January 2020, Asani was loaned to Swedish side AIK Fotboll until the end of the season with an option to buy for €400,000. [6] He scored on his first appearance in the Allsvenskan, 2–0 win at Örebro SK. [7] After only seven appearances in all competitions, in a season which was prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, AIK did not exercise the buy clause for Asani, who returned to Partizani for the 2020–21 season. [8]

Gwangju FC

On 28 December 2022, Asani joined K League 1 side Gwangju FC on a permanent deal. [9]

On 18 March 2023, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 league win over Incheon United. [10] [11]

International career

Having represented Macedonian at several youth levels, Asani received Albanian citizenship on 18 March 2016, joining the Albania under-21 player pool. [12]

He received his first call-up to the Albanian senior national team by coach Sylvinho for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying game against Poland on 27 March 2023. [13] Asani made his senior debut in the 1–0 away loss, starting and playing the first 70 minutes. [14] [15] Asani scored his first international goal against Moldova for the Euro 2024 qualifiers. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 March 2023 [17] [18] [19] [20]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe [lower-alpha 1] Other [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vardar 2013–14 Macedonian First Football League 127———127
2014–15 26521——286
2015–16 153———153
2016–17 13220——152
Total661741——7018
Shkupi 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League 143——20163
Pobeda 2017–18 Macedonian First Football League 20———20
Partizani B 2017–18 Kategoria e Dytë 812———812
2018–19 10———10
Total912———912
Partizani 2017–18 Kategoria Superiore 29441——335
2018–19 3383020—388
2019–20 143104110204
2020–21 30921——3210
Total10624102611012327
AIK 2020 Allsvenskan 4131——72
Kisvárda 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 29621——317
2022–23 1502043—213
Total4464143—5210
Gwangju FC 2023 K League 1 287———287
Career total249672151043030779
  1. ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Including other competitions, such as 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League Relegation play-offs

International

As of 3 June 2024 [19] [21]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Albania 202393
202431
Total124

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 June 2023 Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2.10 September 2023 Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
3.12 October 2023 Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1–03–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4.3 June 2024 Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely, Hungary Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 2–03–0 Friendly

Honours

Vardar

FK Partizani Tirana

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References

  1. ↑ "Tornovo vs. Vardar 2 – 0". Soccerway. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Partizani përforcohet në sulm, kontratë katër vjeçare me Jasir Asanin" [Partizani strengthened in attack, a four-year deal with Jasir Asani] (in Albanian). BalkanWeb.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Sulmi i Partizanit më në fund është i sigurt, ja çfarë ka bërë sot Jasir Asani" [Partizani's attack is finally safe, here's what Jasir Asani did today] (in Albanian). Newsport.al. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Vendos një gol i "makthit" Hoxhaj, Flamurtari mposht Partizanin dhe i afrohet Kukësit (VIDEO)" [A goal of “nightmare” Hoxhaj decides, Flamurtari defeats Partizani and gets closer to Kukësi (VIDEO)] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "'Dopieta' e Asanit, Partizani mposht dhe parakalon Kamzën në renditje" [Asani's 'double', Partizani defeats and overtakes Kamza in the standing] (in Albanian). BalkanWeb.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Jasir Asani, prezantohet te AIK, gati për të debutuar!" [Jasir Asani, presented at AIK, ready to debut!] (in Albanian). Super Sport Albania. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Örebro vs. AIK 0 – 2". Soccerway. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jasir Asani nuk do rikthehet te Partizani, transferohet te ekipi i njohur europian" [Jasir Asani will not return to Partizani, he will transfer to the well-known european team] (in Albanian). City News Albania. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "1부 승격 광주, UEFA 챔피언스리그 출신 아사니 영입 [오피셜]" [Gwangju FC that has been promoted to the first division signs with Asani with UEFA Champions League experience [Official]] (in Korean). news.monsterzym.com. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "아사니 '해트트릭' 광주FC, 인천 대파…서울, 5년 만에 제주 제압". Naver (in Korean). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. ↑ 이준희 (18 March 2023). "아사니 해트트릭! 광주FC '정효매직'은 K리그1에서도". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Bujar Nishani (18 March 2016). "Dekret për dhënie të shtetësisë shqiptare nr. 9470" [Decree on granting Albanian citizenship no. 9470] (in Albanian). President of Albania . Retrieved 30 October 2017. 20. Jasir Fadil Asani
  13. ↑ Beqiri, Olta (17 March 2023). "Trajneri Sylvinho shpall listën e Kombëtares për ndeshjen e parë kualifikuese të Euro 2024 ndaj Polonisë". FSHF (in Albanian). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "VIDEO/ E vendos një episod, Shqipëria e pafat e nis rrugën drejt Euro 2024 me humbje përballë Polonisë" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "NOTAT/ Spikasin Kumbulla e Mihaj, ja vlerësimet e "Panorama Sport" për lojtarët kuqezi në sfidën me Poloninë" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ↑ UEFA.com. "Albania-Moldova Live | European Qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  17. ↑ Jasir Asani at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  18. ↑ "Jasir Asani profile" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  19. 1 2 Jasir Asani at National-Football-Teams.com
  20. ↑ Jasir Asani at BeSoccer
  21. ↑ Jasir Asani at EU-Football.info
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