Imran Bunjaku Explained

Imran Bunjaku
Birth Date:18 October 1992
Birth Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Height:1.780NaN0
Position:Defensive midfielder
Youthclubs1:Grasshoppers
Years1:2010–2014
Caps1:61
Goals1:0
Years2:2013–2014
Caps2:5
Goals2:0
Years3:2014–2021
Clubs3:Schaffhausen
Caps3:133
Goals3:6
Years4:2021–2022
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Years5:2021–2022
Clubs5:Aarau (loan)
Caps5:25
Goals5:1
Years6:2022–2023
Clubs6:Aarau
Caps6:23
Goals6:1
Nationalyears1:2011–2014
Nationalteam1:Albania U21
Nationalcaps1:13
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2014–
Nationalteam2:Kosovo
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals2:1
Pcupdate:18 June 2023
Ntupdate:8 October 2011

Imran Bunjaku (born 18 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1] [2] Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

Club career

Before the 2021–22 season, he returned to Grasshoppers after six-and-a-half seasons at Schaffhausen. On 30 August 2021, he moved to Aarau on loan.[3] On 14 June 2022, he signed a one-year contract with an option to extend with Aarau, after his contract at Grasshoppers was not renewed.[4]

International career

Originating from Kosovo with ethnic Albanian parents and born in Switzerland, Bunjaku was eligible to play for Switzerland, Albania and Kosovo if a national team should be formed, but in March 2011 he answered the call by Albania's Under-21 coach Artan Bushati for a non official friendly tournament held in Slovenia.[5]

He officially gained Albanian citizenship on 26 August 2011 along with his Grasshopper teammate Mërgim Brahimi, in order to compete in the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[6] [7]

Since 2014 Bunjaku also received call-up from Kosovo[8] and he made his debut for Kosovo in a May 2014 friendly match against Senegal and has, as of January 2019, earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 1 goal.[9] However, he yet to make his competitive debut.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2015/teams/player=250040480/index.html UEFA Profile
  2. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.imran.bunjaku.142956.en.html Footballdatabase profile
  3. Web site: Grasshoppers. BUNJAKU ON LOAN TO FC AARAU RIBEIRO LEAVES GC. 30 August 2021. 19 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Imran Bunjaku hat seinen Vertrag beim FC Aarau verlängert. 2022-07-15. nau.ch. 2022-06-14.
  5. Web site: Bushati merr 10 talentë në Slloveni. Albanian. Panorama Sport. 2011-05-06. 2011-03-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004061853/http://www.panorama.com.al/sport/bushati-merr-10-talente-ne-slloveni. 2011-10-04.
  6. Web site: Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë". Albanian. Koha. 2011-08-27. 2011-08-27.
  7. Web site: Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë". Albanian. RTV 21. 2011-08-27. 2011-08-27. 2012-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214556/http://rtv21.tv/home/?p=29282. dead.
  8. Web site: Më 31 gusht nis grumbullimi i Përfaqësueses. 22 August 2015. 11 October 2016. Football Federation of Kosovo. Albanian.
  9. Web site: Player Database. eu-football.info. 2019-01-27.