Orges Naser Bunjaku (born 5 July 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Born in Switzerland, he represented that nation at youth international levels but in 2022 switched to play for Kosovo national team.

Club career

Early career and Basel

Bunjaku at the age of six started playing football in local club

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. In 2015, he transferred to the youth system of

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. In January 2020, he advanced to their first team and signed his first professional contract with the club, agreeing on a four-year deal. After playing in two test games, Bunjaku played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 8 February 2020 as Basel won 4–0 against

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. He played five league games in his first season, three times he played in the starting formation. He also had one appearance in the

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as he was substituted in during 84th minute in the match against

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Grenoble

On 19 July 2021, Bunjaku signed a three-year contract with

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club

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and received squad number 25. Five days later, he made his debut in a 0–4 home defeat against

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after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Yannick Marchand.

Schaffhausen

Period on loan

On 2 January 2023, Bunjaku joined

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side

, on a loan until the end of the season. His debut with Schaffhausen came on 29 January in a 1–1 away draw against

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after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute in place of

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Return as a permanent player

On 30 June 2023, Schaffhausen made the transfer permanent and signed a two-year contract with Bunjaku. His debut with Schaffhausen came on 21 July in a 3–0 away defeat against

after being named in the starting line-up. One month after debut, Bunjaku scored his first goal for Schaffhausen in his fourth appearance for the club in a 3–1 away win over

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International career

Youth

From 2016, until 2020, Bunjaku has been part of

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at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U15, U16, U17, U18, U19 and

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teams and he with these teams played twenty matches and scored four goals.

Senior

Bunjaku's agent, Christoph Graf through an interview stated that Bunjaku has started the procedures for obtaining

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and his wish is to play for Kosovo national team. On 22 March 2022, the

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announced that Bunjaku had decided to represent their national team.

References

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* * 2001 births Footballers from the canton of St. Gallen Swiss people of Kosovan descent Swiss people of Albanian descent Living people Kosovan men's footballers Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Basel players Grenoble Foot 38 players FC Schaffhausen players Swiss Promotion League players Swiss Super League players Ligue 2 players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Swiss expatriate sportspeople in France Kosovan expatriate men's footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in France {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub