Besart Abdurahimi

Besart Abdurahimi

Personal information
Full name	Besart Abdurahimi
Date of birth	(1990-07-31) 31 July 1990
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Height
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	Lokeren
Number	18
Youth career
	NK Zelengaj Zagreb
	Lokomotiva Zagreb
2004–2008	NK Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2014	NK Zagreb	121	(29)
2013–2014	→ Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan)	20	(4)
2014–	Lokeren	21	(5)
International career‡
2006	Croatia U16	9	(1)
2006	Croatia U17	5	(1)
2008	Croatia U18	4	(0)
2008	Croatia U19	8	(5)
2009	Croatia U20	3	(2)
2009–2012	Croatia U21	7	(0)
2014–	Macedonia	12	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09 May 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2015

Besart Abdurahimi (Albanian: Besart Abdurahimi, born 31 July 1990 in Zagreb) is a Croatian-born Albanian football player who plays for Lokeren in Belgium.

Early life

Abdurahimi was born in 1990 in Zagreb, Croatia to Albanian parents from Gradec, Vrapčište in the Republic of Macedonia, who had transferred there five years earlier.

International

In February 2014 the Albanian media wrote about him as a good alternative for Albania's attack, since he is an ethnic Albanian. On 14 May 2014 Besart had received a call up by the Macedonia national football team for the matches against Cameroon and Qatar on 26 May – 30 May 2014. He had accepted the call up and will represent Macedonia at the international level.

He made his debut on 26 May 2014 against Cameroon. He scored his first international "winning" goal in the 92nd minute in their 3-2 win against Luxembourg on 9 October 2014.

International goals

Scores and results list FYROM's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 October 2014	Philip II Arena, Skopje	Luxembourg	3–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

External links

• Besart Abdurahimi at the Croatian Football Federation website (Croatian)