Ibrahim Drešević ( sq, Ibrahim Dreshaj; born 24 January 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the co ...

. Born in Sweden, he represents the Kosovo national team. He previously represented

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international level.

Club career

Elfsborg

His debut with

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came on 25 August 2016 in a 0–7 biggest away win in the

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against

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after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute in place of Joakim Nilsson. Drešević made his first

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appearance on 10 September after being named in the starting line-up in a 1–1 home draw against Kalmar.

Heerenveen

On 31 January 2019, Drešević signed a three-and-half-year contract with

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club Heerenveen. His debut with Heerenveen came sixteen days later in a 2–2 home draw against PSV after coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute in place of

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Fatih Karagümrük

On 24 June 2022, Drešević signed a two-year contract with

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club

. His debut with Fatih Karagümrük came on 21 August in a 4–1 away defeat against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

International career

Youth

From 2014, until 2017, Drešević has been part of

international level, respectively has been part of the U17 and U19 teams and he with these teams played thirteen matches and scored one goal.

Senior

On 22 May 2019, Drešević received a call-up from

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 ...

for the

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matches against

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and

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, but he was not available for these matches after

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did not permit him to play for Kosovo due to problems with his documentation. On 23 August 2019, FIFA gave permission for Drešević to play for Kosovo. His debut with Kosovo came on 10 October 2019 in a

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against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

Personal life

Drešević was born in Fuxerna,

Lilla Edet Lilla Edet is a locality and the seat of Lilla Edet Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 4,862 inhabitants in 2010. Lilla Edet was the smallest of three settlements that were burnt down in Sweden on 25 June 1888. The wooden tow ...

, Sweden, to Albanian parents from Tuzi, Montenegro.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drešević, Ibrahim 1997 births Living people People from Lilla Edet Municipality Footballers from Västra Götaland County Kosovan men's footballers Kosovo men's international footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Kosovan people of Montenegrin descent Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Swedish people of Kosovan descent Swedish people of Albanian descent Swedish people of Montenegrin descent Men's association football central defenders Allsvenskan players IF Elfsborg players Eredivisie players SC Heerenveen players Süper Lig players Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers