Leonit Abazi

Leonit Abazi
Personal information
Full name Leonit Abazi
Date of birth (1993-07-05) 5 July 1993
Place of birth Gnjilane, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Skënderbeu Korçë
Number 11
Youth career
2006–2011 Drita
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Drita 30 (4)
Skënderbeu Korçë B 12 (4)
2013– Skënderbeu Korçë 44 (2)
National team
2013–2014 Albania U21 2 (0)
2015– Kosovo 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2015

Leonit Abazi(born 5 July 1993 in Gnjilane, FR Yugoslavia) is a Kosovar professional footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Skënderbeu Korçë in the Albanian Superliga.

Career

Born in Gnjilane, in modern-day Kosovo, Abazi played with KF Drita in the Football Superleague of Kosovo before moving to Albania to join the regingn champions Skënderbeu Korçë in the summer of 2013.[1] He made his debut for Skenderbeu in their victory against KF Laçi in the 2013 Albanian Supercup final. At same period he also started playing for Albania under-21 national team.[2][3]

At the end of the 2014–15 he renewed his contract with Skënderbeu Korçë for another two years alongside fellow Kosovar Albanian player Bajram Jashanica. The contract was signed on 5 June 2015, and it the two–year contract would keep Abazi at the club until at least 2017, but with the option of another year as well.[4]

Abazi scored his first league goal for 2015–16 season in a 4–0 thashing of Bylis Ballsh on 3 December 2015.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 June 2015[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skënderbeu Korçë 2013–14 50006010120
2014–15 231820010323
2015–16 71117010162
Total 35 2 9 3 13 0 3 0 60 5
Career total 35 2 9 3 13 0 3 0 60 5

Honours

Club

Skënderbeu Korçë

Notes

  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References

  1. Leonit Abazi merr ofertë nga Skënderbeu at koha.net
  2. Leonit Abazi pjese e Kombëtares Shqiptare U21 at Radio Rinia
  3. Leonit Abazi, një tjetër kosovar te Kombëtarja U-21 at panorama-sport.com
  4. "Lëviz Skënderbeu, firmosin Abazi dhe Jashanica". Sport Ekspres (in Albanian). 5 June 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  5. "Skënderbeu pa frena, bën poker ndaj Bylisit". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  6. "Albania - L. Abazi - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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