Edmond Abazi (born 29 January 1968) is an Albanian retired international
footballer
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who played as an
attacking midfielder
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.
Club career
Abazi was born in
Tirana
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. He made his league debut for
Dinamo Tirana in 1985. He was one of the first players to move abroad after Albania's borders opened up in 1990 and he played for clubs such as
Hajduk Split,
S.L. Benfica
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Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...
,
Boavista FC and
Manchester City.
On the move
- The Independent on Sunday
National team statistics
Honours
* Albanian Superliga: 1986
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, 1990
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* Albanian Cup: 1989, 1990
* Croatian League: 1992
* Croatian Cup: 1993
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*Croatian Supercup
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: 1992, 1993
*Portuguese Liga
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: 1994
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References
External links
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Stats from Croatia
at HRrepka.
1968 births
Living people
Footballers from Tirana
Albanian footballers
Association football midfielders
Albanian men's footballers
Albania international footballers
Kategoria Superiore players
FK Dinamo Tirana players
Albanian expatriate footballers
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Expatriate footballers in Croatia
Croatian Football League players
Expatriate footballers in Yugoslavia
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia
Yugoslav First League players
HNK Hajduk Split players
HNK Šibenik players
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Primeira Liga players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Boavista F.C. players
Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate footballers in England
Manchester City F.C. players
Albanian football managers
Shkumbini Peqin managers
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