Mensur Kurtiši ( mk, Менсур Куртиши, al, Mensur Kurtishi; born 25 March 1986) is a Macedonian

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who currently plays for

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in the

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. Kurtiši plays as a striker and was called up to the Macedonian national team in May 2010.

Club career

Kurtiši was born in the village of Hotlane near Kumanovo, but moved to Austria when he was 13. He began his career with an Austrian club

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. Between 2006 and 2008 he played in Parndorf 1919. In September 2008 he signed with the Austrian club SC Wiener Neustadt. In January he joined Al-Shabaab from Al-Tawon. He scored a

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in his first game for Al-Shabab. Persepolis club from Iran signed him on the mid-season transfer window of the Iranian league. On 15 July 2014, Kurtiši signed a 1-year contract with

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

for the

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season. On 15 January 2015, he was released by the Roar. At the end of winter market, as a free agent he signed a six-month contract for the Italian

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legends of A.S. Varese. In January 2016, Kurtiši moved back to Austria to play for

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a May 2010

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against

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and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was another friendly 4 days later against

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Honours

Individual

* Best Player in

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: 2007–08

References

External links

* *
Profile at MacedonianFootball.com

Brisbane Roar Sign Mensur Kurtiši
* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Kumanovo Albanian footballers from North Macedonia Macedonian people of Austrian descent Association football midfielders Macedonian footballers North Macedonia international footballers 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players Al-Taawoun FC players KF Shkëndija players FC Tobol players Brisbane Roar FC players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players U.S.D. Matera Grumentum players First Vienna FC players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Saudi Professional League players Macedonian First Football League players Kazakhstan Premier League players A-League Men players Serie B players Serie C players Austrian Regionalliga players Austrian Landesliga players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate soccer players in Australia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate footballers in Italy Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{RMacedonia-footy-bio-stub