Florent Aziri (born 3 September 1988) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for SV Hemelingen. He mainly operates as a wide

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, usually on the right, but he has also played in more advanced roles as a winger and striker.

Career

Aziri was born in

Titova Mitrovica Mitrovica ( sq-definite, Mitrovicë; sr-cyrl, Митровица) or Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-cyrl, Косовска Митровица) is a city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in Kosovo. Settled on the banks of Ibar River, ...

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KF Tirana

He signed for

Albanian Superliga The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

side

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 ...

in the closing hours of the January transfer window of 2012 as a free agent. He hoped the move to Albania's most successful club will help his chances of breaking into the Albania national team. He scored on his debut with the club against Kastrioti Kruje in the

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

on 4 February, coming on as a substitute at half time for

Nertil Ferraj Nertil Ferraj (born 11 September 1987) is an Albanian footballer who plays for Luzi United in the Kategoria e Parë. Club career Dinamo Tirana On 5 September 2014, Ferraj returned to his first club Dinamo Tirana, at that time in Kategoria e Par ...

. He played well on the left flank, causing many problems for the Kastrioti defenders with his dangerous crosses in the area, before eventually scoring in the dying minutes of the game to finish off an impressive debut in Albanian football.KF Tirana 2-0 Kastrioti Kruje
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* 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Mitrovica, Kosovo Association football midfielders German footballers Kosovan footballers FC Oberneuland players VfB Lübeck players KF Trepça players NK Domžale players KF Tirana players Besa Kavajë players VfB Oldenburg players Bremer SV players Kosovan expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate footballers in Albania {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub