Leotrim Bekteshi (born 21 April 1992) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 Llapi.

Club career

Prishtina

On 31 May 2018, Bekteshi signed a two-year contract with

club

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. On 26 August 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 away win against Trepça '89 after being named in the starting line-up.

Mjøndalen

On 16 February 2022, Bekteshi joined

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side

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. On 4 April 2022, he made his debut in a 1–0 home win against

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after being named in the starting line-up. On 13 August 2022, Bekteshi had his contract terminated by mutual consent.

Ballkani

On 27 August 2022, Bekteshi signed a two-year contract with

club Ballkani. His debut with Ballkani came twelve days later in the

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against

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after coming on as a substitute at 79th minute in place of Qëndrim Zyba.

International career

On 24 December 2019, Bekteshi 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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against

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, and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.

Personal life

Bekteshi was born in Berlin, Germany from Kosovo Albanian parents from Mitrovica.

References

1992 births Living people Footballers from Berlin Kosovan men's footballers German men's footballers German people of Kosovan descent German people of Albanian descent Men's association football central defenders Kosovo men's international footballers Football Superleague of Kosovo players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Norwegian First Division players KF Trepça '89 players FC Besa Pejë players SC Gjilani players FC Prishtina players FC Ballkani players FK Iskra Borčice players Mjøndalen IF Fotball players Kosovan expatriate men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia German expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Norway German expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub