Visar Musliu ( mk, Висар Муслиу; born 13 November 1994) is a Macedonian professional

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who plays as a

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for German club

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and the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Musliu started his football career in

FK Renova KF Renova ( mk, ФК Ренова) is a Association football, football club based in the village of Džepčište, Tetovo Municipality, North Macedonia. They recently competed in the Macedonian First League. History FK Renova was founded in 2003 ...

where he spent most of his first five years. In between, he also spent six months on loan at

FK Gostivar KF Gostivari ( mk, ФК Гостивар; en, FC Gostivar) is a football club based in Gostivar, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian First League. History The club was founded in 1998 FK Gostivar., not to be related ...

. The summer in 2014, he transferred to Swiss side

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on a one-year contract, but he didn't get to play there as they sent him back on loan to Renova. On 3 June 2017, he made a transfer to Macedonian champion

FK Vardar FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...

where they hired him as a reinforcement for the upcoming Champions League qualifications. In the end, Musliu helped Vardar qualify for the 2017-18 Europa League Group stage, becoming the first Macedonian football club to ever qualify for a European UEFA tournament. On 5 August 2019, he moved from Shkëndija to Hungarian outfit Fehérvár. On 19 January 2022, Musliu joined 2. Bundesliga club

International career

Musliu was part of the

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from 2013 to 2017, winning 12 caps. He was part of the first Macedonia U21 generation that qualified for a final tournament where he also got to play in the last game in the groups, coming in as a substitute in the 28th minute for Marjan Radeski in the match against Portugal. On 2 September 2017, he also made his debut for the senior

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in a World Cup qualifier against

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, where Visar played the full game and helped his side keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory. As of 1 April 2020, Musliu has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring one goal.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Musliu goal.''

References

External links

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Profile at Macedonian Football
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Musliu, Visar 1994 births Living people People from Gostivar Albanian footballers from North Macedonia Macedonian footballers Men's association football defenders North Macedonia men's youth international footballers North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players KF Renova players KF Gostivari players FK Vardar players KF Shkëndija players Fehérvár FC players FC Ingolstadt 04 players Macedonian First Football League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players 2. Bundesliga players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Kosovo Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo Expatriate footballers in Hungary Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany