| Besard Šabović | |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Skopje, Macedonia |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Djurgården IF |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | IF Brommapojkarna |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Djurgårdens IF |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Djurgårdens IF |
| Caps1: | 10 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | → IF Brommapojkarna (loan) |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Dalkurd FF (loan) |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | Mjällby AIF |
| Caps4: | 27 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | Kayserispor |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Khimki |
| Caps6: | 21 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2022-2024 |
| Clubs7: | Djurgårdens IF |
| Caps7: | 53 |
| Goals7: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Sweden U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | North Macedonia U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam4: | Sweden U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 18 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 13 October 2020 |
Besard Šabović (Macedonian: Бесард Шабовиќ, Albanian: Besard Shaboviq or Besard Ferri; born 5 January 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Djurgården IF as a centre midfielder. He has represented both Sweden and North Macedonia at youth international level.
Šabović started out playing for Brommapojkarna at age five. He took part in the TV4-show called Fotbollsfabriken (The Football Factory), which plotted the best 15-years old players in the Brommapojkarna's academy.
On 18 February 2015, Šabović joined with Djurgården, on a three-year under-21 contract.[1] On 12 January 2016, Šabović was promoted to the first team and signed a four-year contract.[2] On 24 April 2016, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Malmö after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Alexander Faltsetas.[3]
On 24 March 2017, Šabović returned to Superettan side Brommapojkarna, on a season-long loan.[4] On 1 April 2017, he made his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Dalkurd after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of Markus Gustafsson.
On 29 March 2019, Šabović joined Superettan side Dalkurd, on a season-long loan with the opportunity to playing for Djurgården during the loan spell also.[5] On 7 April 2019, he made his debut in a 0–4 home defeat against the former club Brommapojkarna after being named in the starting line-up.
On 1 July 2019, Šabović was called up for a game for Djurgården against Kalmar FF, where he was subbed in for the last few minutes.[6]
On 22 June 2021, he signed with Russian Premier League club FC Khimki.[7] Šabović left Khimki on 3 June 2022.[8]
On 10 August 2022, Šabović signed a 2.5-year contract with Djurgårdens IF.[9]
On 14 March 2019, Šabović was named as part of the North Macedonia U21 squad for 2019 Antalya Cup.[10] On 22 March 2019, he made his debut with North Macedonia U21 in a match against Ukraine U21 after coming on as a substitute at 62nd minute in place of Jani Atanasov.[11]
Šabović was born in Skopje, Macedonia as the son of a Montenegrin Albanian father from Plav and a Serbian Albanian mother from Medveđa. He is the great-grandson of the member of the Albanian nationalist organization League of Prizren, Jakup Ferri.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Djurgården | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Allsvenskan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Brommapojkarna (loan) | 2017 | Superettan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dalkurd (loan) | 2019 | Superettan | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 5 | ||
| Mjällby | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | 32 | 4 | ||
| Kayserispor | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Khimki | 2021–22 | RPL | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 103 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 11 | |||