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.
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]
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.