Drilon Hajrizi (born 17 January 1991) is a Kosovan professional

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player and he is currently playing with the Trepça of the

Kosovo Basketball Superleague The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ArtMotion Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991 ...

Professional career

Kanazawa Samuraiz

On 3 January 2018, Hajrizi joined

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side

Kanazawa Samuraiz Kanazawa Samuraiz ( ja, 金沢武士団, translit=''Kanazawa Samuraizu'') is a professional basketball club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The club plays in the third division of the B.League, which is the 3rd tier of basketball i ...

, on a six-month contract. On 17 January 2018, Kanazawa Samuraiz announced the transfer of Hajrizi via a status on their official

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account.

Bashkimi Prizren

On 28 January 2019, Hajrizi joined

side

Bashkimi Prizren Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi, also known as K.B Bashkimi or simply Bashkimi , is a professional basketball team based in Prizren, Kosovo. Bashkimi is the oldest basketball team in Kosovo and competes in the top professional men's basketball leag ...

. On 2 February 2019, he in his debut scored 14 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists completing the game with double-double in a 75–83 home defeat against Ponte Prizreni.

Return to Peja

On 11 September 2019, Hajrizi returned to

club

Peja Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipality and Peja District. It is situated in the region of Rugova on the eastern section of the Accursed Mount ...

Return to Trepça

On 3 January 2021, Hajrizi signed for

KB Trepça KB Trepça is a professional basketball club based in Mitrovicë, Kosovo. The club competes in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Balkan basketball International League and Kosovo Cup. KB Trepca is one of the most successful clubs in Kosovo, KB T ...

of the

International career

Hajrizi was one of the first players of

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and his official debut with Kosovo came on 31 August 2016 in the EuroBasket 2017 qualification match against

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Awards and accomplishments

;Prishtina *

: (

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) *

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: (2017) ;Peja *2× Kosovo Cup: (2015, 2020) *Kosovo Supercup: (2015) ;Trepça *

: (2012) *2× Kosovo Cup: (2022, 2023)

References

External links

Drilon Hajrizi
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Hajrizi, Drilon 1991 births Living people Kosovo Albanians Sportspeople from Mitrovica, Kosovo Kosovan men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) KB Trepça players KB Peja players KB Prishtina players Kanazawa Samuraiz players Bashkimi Prizren players