Arsim Abazi (born 28 November 1972) is a Kosovan professional

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coach and former player who is the current

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of the Kosovo national under-17 team.

Club career

In 1997, Abazi was transferred to

Macedonian First Football League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

club Sloga Jugomagnat and appeared 22 times and scored one goal, he besides being was part of Sloga Jugomagnat, he was part even of Macedonian First Football League rivals

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(2000–2001) and

Malatyaspor Malatya Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Malatya, mainly concentrated on football. Previously their colors were yellow and black (prior to 1984). They played in First League for 11 seasons. They are the first team located in Eas ...

(2001–2003). While, in the last five years of his career he returns to her homeland and joined with

Football Superleague of Kosovo The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...

club

Ferizaj Ferizaj, . or Uroševac, . Also formerly known as Ferizovići ( tr, Firzovik). is the sixth largest city in Kosovo by population and seat of Ferizaj Municipality and Ferizaj District. Ferizaj has been populated since the prehistoric era by t ...

International career

On 7 September 2002, Abazi made his debut with

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

in a

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against

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after being named in the starting line-up. He was subsequently called up for

KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup The KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup was a football tournament held under the auspices of the NF-Board. It celebrated 50 years of the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation. History The KTFF and featured representative sides from the host nation, the Sáp ...

, held in

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, and played in both tournament matches against host

as starter and

Sápmi (, smj, Sábme / Sámeednam, sma, Saepmie, sju, Sábmie, , , sjd, Са̄мь е̄ммьне, Saam' jiemm'n'e) is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi is in Northern and Eastern Europe and includes the ...

as substitute.

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* * 1972 births Living people People from Ferizaj Kosovan footballers Kosovo pre-2014 international footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in North Macedonia Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate footballers in Turkey Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Association football defenders Macedonian First Football League players FK Sloga Jugomagnat players FK Vardar players Süper Lig players Malatyaspor footballers Football Superleague of Kosovo players KF Ferizaj players Kosovan football managers KF Trepça '89 managers KF Ferizaj managers {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub