Keidi Bare (born 28 August 1997) is an Albanian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for Spanish club
Espanyol
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.
Club career
Apolonia
Born in
Fier
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, Bare started his youth career for
Olimpic CF
KF Olimpic is an Albanian football club based in Yrshek, Kashar
Kashar is a village and a former municipality in the Tirana County, central Albania. The population at the 2011 census was 43,353.Apolonia. He progressed through ranks and in the 2013–14 season he played with the under-19 team making 18 appearances in which he scored 4 goals. He was brought at the senior squad for the first time at the age of 16 for the cup match against Tërbuni in which he didn't play. He debuted professionally on 9 November 2013 in the away win over Pogradeci, entering in the second half. In December 2013 he had a trial at Spanish giants
Atlético Madrid
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.
Atlético Madrid
On 26 December 2013, Bare successfully become an Atlético Madrid player after passing the trial at mini-tournament at
Tbilisi
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,
Georgia
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where was also named the best midfielder.
He was brought for the first time to senior squad by manager
Diego Simeone
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In his cl ...
in January 2014 for the
Copa del Rey
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match against
Las Palmas
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, where he also debuted by playing in the last minutes in place of
Ángel Correa
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Correa began his professional career at the age of 18 wi ...
. While at
Atlético Madrid B
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, Bare helped the team's promotion to
Segunda División B
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after beating in a two-legged match
Gimnástica de Torrelavega
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3–0 on aggregate, with Bare scoring in the second leg.
Bare was assigned to first squad after they were banned from signing new players. He made his first appearance for the 2017–18 season on 25 October by playing as a starter in the 1–1 draw at
Elche
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Málaga
On 31 August 2018, Bare was transferred to
Málaga CF
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and joined their
reserve team
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in the third division. While at Málaga B, Bare was an undisputed starter, playing every match full 90 minutes. However, shortly after, he was promoted to the senior squad, making his debut in the
Segunda División
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on 11 November in the 2–2 away draw against
Sporting de Gijón
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.
Bare established himself as a regular starter for the main squad from January 2019, and featured in both matches of the
promotion play-offs
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as his side was knocked out by
Deportivo de La Coruña
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. On 13 July 2020, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 loss at Sporting Gijón.
Espanyol
On 22 September 2020, Bare signed a four-year deal with
RCD Espanyol
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Džemal Mustedanagić
Džemal Mustedanagić (born 8 June 1955) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer and current manager of the Albania national under-16 football team.
Playing career Club
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for the
qualifying round
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of
2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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. He played in all three Group A matches as Albania reached
elite round
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.
He was also part of the team in the elite, where Albania was placed in
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. He scored his first under-17 goal on 26 March 2014 in the match against
Italy
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which was lost 1–2 where Bare also served as captain. Albania was eliminated after losing the remaining two matches.
Albania U19
In November 2014, he was brought at under-19 squad by manager
Altin Lala
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He ...
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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. He played full-90 minutes in the first two matches against
Denmark
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and
Portugal
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, receiving a yellow card in both matches and reaching completing the number of cards for suspension, and thereby missing the closing match against
Wales
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. Albania was eliminated after losing all three matches.
Redi Jupi
Redi Jupi (born 31 May 1974) is an Albanian retired footballer. He played in the central midfield for KS Dinamo Tirana and has 19 caps for the Albania national team since his debut in 1995. Jupi is currently the manager of Albania U21 for the ...
for the
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
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match against
Hungary
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on 13 October 2015. He made his competitive debut on 12 November 2015 in the match against
Portugal
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by replacing Rron Broja. He went on to play another 5 matches as Albania finished 4th in
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.
Bare continued to be part of the under-21 squad as he was called up in June for the friendly against
France
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and the opening
qualifying
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match of
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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against
Estonia
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.
Senior team
Bare a received call up by manager
Gianni De Biasi
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for the friendly against
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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on 28 March 2017. He finally made a debut on 26 March 2018 in a 1–0 loss against
Norway
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, after coming on as a second-half replacement for
Kamer Qaka
Kamer Qaka (born 11 April 1995) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Macedonian club Shkëndija.
Club career Early years / Norway
Qaka was born in Peja, modern-day Kosovo, but when he was two years old ...