Ramiz Muarem Muarem ( mk, Рамиз Муарем Муарем; born 22 October 1988) is a Macedonian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

er. Muarem plays as a

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. He most recently played for the

Macedonian First Football League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

side Shkupi and has played for Qarabağ in Azerbaijan,

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...

Orduspor Orduspor was a Turkish football club founded in 1967. The club was located in Ordu, Turkey and played their home games at 19 Eylül Stadium. The team managed to qualify for the Turkish Super League again in 2011. But, the last spell in top lev ...

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and

FK Rabotnički FK Rabotnichki ( mk, ФК Работнички) or more commonly Rabotnički (old transliteration) and Rabotnicki is a football club that plays at the Toshe Proeski Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First ...

in North Macedonia at club level as well as the

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, for whom he has three caps, all won in 2011. He has also represented Macedonia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. Muarem is right-footed.

Club career

Rabotnicki Skopje

Born in

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to Turkish parents, Muarem spent his youth career with Rabotnicki Skopje, turning professional in the 2008–09 season and making four appearances for the first team. He made his debut for the club in a 0–0 draw with Azerbaijan's

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on 15 July 2008 in a 2008-09 UEFA Champions League qualifier, being brought on after 50 minutes by manager

Boban Babunski Boban Babunski ( mk, Бобан Бабунски; born 5 May 1968) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a coach. Playing career Babunski was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslav ...

. The midfielder had a short loan spell at lower–league Macedonian club

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, playing four games. Muarem then became a regular fixture in the first team, playing twenty times in 2009–2010 in the

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as well as competing in

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against Mika FC of

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and

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, scoring against the latter in a 5–0 win on 1 July 2010. Despite this success at Rabotnicki in such a short amount of time, Muarem moved on to

Orduspor

Muarem moved to

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outfit

ahead of the 2010–11 season, signing a contract on 18 August 2010 that was designed to keep him at the club until May 2013. Muarem made his debut for

just three days after signing for them, in a 1–1 draw with

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. Muarem scored a brace for his new club on just his third

appearance, opening and finishing the scoring in a 4–0 win over İstanbul Güngörenspor on 11 September. The midfielder also scored against Altay Izmir in a 2–1 loss and against

Boluspor Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their formation in 1965.Uğur Tütüneker, but when Tütüneker resigned in March 2011, Muarem's appearances became few and far between. He played just twice in April and once in May under new manager

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and it was no surprise when Muarem's contract with

was cancelled and he returned to Rabotnicki. Muarem made his last appearance for

in a 1–0 away victory against

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on 15 May 2011. He wore the no.19 shirt for the club.

Return to Rabotnicki

After being made a free agent due to his contract with

being terminated, Muarem had offers from former club Rabotnicki Skopje and

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i side

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. He chose to return to the city of his birth, signing a two-year contract in August 2011. Muarem made his second debut for Rabotnicki in a 1–0 loss at FK Vardar on 9 August 2011. He then played in both legs of Rabotnicki's 9–1 aggregate loss to S.S. Lazio in the

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, being replaced in the second half of both games. Muarem scored his first goals since returning to Rabotnicki against

FK Napredok FK Napredok ( mk, ФК Напредок) is a football club from Kičevo, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League (West Division). History The club was founded in 1928, under the name ''Jadran''. After Worl ...

on 24 September 2011, netting his team's first and last goals in a 4–0 win. The midfielder made his final appearance for Rabotnicki in a 1–1 draw with

on 10 December 2011.

Qarabağ

In February 2012 it was announced that Muarem had joined Azerbaijan Premier League club

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, signing a three–and–a–half year contract. Muarem joined fellow Macedonian Nderim Nedzipi at the club. Upon joining Qarabağ, Muarem stated that he was pleased to have signed for the club as he enjoyed the team's style of play. Although initially expected to make his debut for Qarabağ on 10 February 2012, bad weather postponed his first appearance until 15 February, when he came on as a second–half substitute for Bakhtiyar Soltanov in a 3–0 away win at

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. Muarem made his home debut on 20 February 2012 in a 1–0 win over Kapaz PFC, again coming on as a late replacement for Bakhtiyar Soltanov. The midfielder's first goal for the club came in an Azerbaijan Cup match away to

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on 14 March 2012. After replacing Rashad Sadiqov with fifteen minutes of the match remaining, Muarem scored a last-minute equaliser to earn Qarabağ a 2–2 draw. A month later Muarem scored his first league goal for Qarabağ, netting a late consolation in a 4–2 loss to

on 22 April 2012. He played the full ninety minutes of Qarabağ's 4–1 loss to

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

on 11 May 2012 in the club's final game of the season. Qarabağ eventually finished fourth in the Azerbaijan Premier League. Muarem scored in the opening game of the 2012-13 season, netting Qarabağ's goal in a 1–1 draw with

on 5 August 2012. He was also in target in his third league appearance of the season, scoring Qarabağ's fourth goal in a 6–1 rout at Sumgayit PFC on 19 August. Muarem had to wait until 31 October for his next league goal; his consolation only served to reduce the deficit in Qarabağ's 2–1 loss to

. He then scored in Qarabağ's next league game, netting the team's first goal in a 2–0 win over

on 4 November 2012. He had to wait six months for his next league goal, which arrived in a 3–1 win over

on 14 May 2013. On 23 October 2014 the midfielder scored the winner in Qarabag's 1–0 victory against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the

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Eskişehirspor

On 5 June 2015, Muarem signed a three-year contract with Turkish

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side

. On 20 November 2015, Muarem left Eskişehirspor after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.

Return to Qarabağ

On 7 January 2016, Muarem signed a -year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ.

Aktobe

On 7 July 2017, Muarem signed with

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club Aktober.

Flamurtari Vlorë

On 11 December 2017. Muarem signed Albanian Superliga side Flamurtari Vlorë.

International career

Youth teams

Muarem played three times for Macedonia under-17, making his debut in a 4–1 loss to

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on 20 September 2004. He then racked up another three appearances for Macedonia under-19 before moving on to the under-21 team. The midfielder made his debut for the under-21s against

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on 4 September 2009 in a 2–1 loss. He went on to make nine appearances for the team, scoring his first international goal in his second under-21 appearance, a 1–1 draw with Lithuania on 9 September 2009, scoring in the first minute of the match. He scored his second goal a month later against

, netting a low free-kick that brought his team back into the game at 2–1. He also scored against

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and

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. Muarem played his final game for the under-21s in the 2–1 loss to

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on 4 September 2010.

Senior team

Despite being born in

, Muarem is of Turkish descent and was eligible to play for the Turkey national team before he represented Macedonia at senior level. Muarem made his senior debut for Macedonia under manager

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in a 1–0 loss to

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on 2 September 2011 in a

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qualifier, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute for Veliče Šumulikoski. He then made his second international appearance in the 1–0 victory against

on 6 September, being booked in the first half and substituted in the 77th minute. Muarem earned his third cap for Macedonia in the 4–1 loss to

on 7 October 2011. He was substituted at half-time. Following

Goran Popov Goran Popov ( mk, Горан Попов; born 2 October 1984) is a retired Macedonian footballer, who played as a defender. Popov started his career with local side Belasica and moved to Greece with Proodeftiki and AEK Athens. He signed for Re ...

's injury and Mario Gjurovski's withdrawal, Muarem was named as a late addition to Macedonia's squad for friendlies against

and

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. He failed to feature against Portugal in a 0–0 draw on 26 May 2012, but came on for

Agim Ibraimi Agim Ibraimi ( mk, Агим Ибраими; born 29 August 1988) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Childhood and early career Ibraimi was born in Tetovo, SR Macedonia, to Albanian parents. While gr ...

in injury time in the 0–0 stalemate with Angola three days later.

Career statistics

Club

Honors

Club

;Qarabağ FK * Azerbaijan Premier League (4): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 * Azerbaijan Cup (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

References

External links

Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muarem, Muarem 1988 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Macedonian people of Turkish descent Men's association football midfielders Macedonian men's footballers North Macedonia men's youth international footballers North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Rabotnički players FK Teteks players Orduspor footballers Qarabağ FK players Eskişehirspor footballers FC Aktobe players Flamurtari FC players KF Shkupi players Macedonian First Football League players TFF First League players Süper Lig players Azerbaijan Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Kategoria Superiore players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Albania