Emil Abaz (, born 17 January 1998) is a Macedonian professional

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who plays for Rupel Boom in the Belgian National Division 1. He also holds

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.'Anderlecht neemt afscheid van jeugdinternational'
at voetbalnieuws.be, 21-6-2016, retrieved 12-3-2017

Club career

Born in Skopje,Emil Abaz has signed for Dinamo Zagreb
by Ramuš Muarem, at romatimes.news, 6-9-20166, retrieved 12-3-2017 he played with

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before joining the youth team of Belgian club

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in 2013. He played for Anderlecht in the semi-finals of the

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against Chelsea.Emil Abaz
at UEFA.com In summer 2016 he signed with Croatian club

GNK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

. Abaz played for Dinamo in the

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and with Dinamo Zagreb II in the 2016–17 Croatian Second League.Emil Abaz profile
at Soccerway In January 2017, during the winter-break, he left Dinamo Zagreb and signed with Serbian club

FK Spartak Subotica Fudbalski klub Spartak Ždrepčeva Krv () is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotic ...

. He made his debut in the

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in the 26th round played on 12 March 2017, in an away game against FK Rad, a 3–0 defeat. At the beginning of 2018, Abaz mutually terminated the contract with Spartak, and left the club as a free agent.

International career

As a

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born in Skopje, he represented initially Belgium where he was living, playing for Belgium U-16. Then he switched and started playing for Macedonia. He made appearances for Macedonia U-17 and U-19 national teams. On 24 March 2017, he made his debut for the Macedonia U-21 national team, entering the game in the 69th minute as a substitute for the captain Petar Petkovski, in a friendly match against Montenegro U-21 that Macedonia won with 2–0.Macedonia U21 - Montenegro U21 report
at ffm.mk

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abaz, Emil 1998 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Macedonian footballers North Macedonia youth international footballers Belgian footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgian people of Macedonian descent Belgian Romani people Macedonian Romani people Romani footballers Association football forwards R.S.C. Anderlecht players GNK Dinamo Zagreb II players FK Spartak Subotica players K Beerschot VA players FK Borec players K. Rupel Boom F.C. players First Football League (Croatia) players Serbian SuperLiga players Macedonian First Football League players Challenger Pro League players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Croatia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Belgium Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium