Blerim Rrustemi

Blerim Rrustemi
Personal information
Full name Blerim Rrustemi
Date of birth (1983-04-02) 2 April 1983
Place of birth Vushtrri, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 SSVg Velbert
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 CS Azzuri (?)
2000–2001 Toronto Supra (?)
2001–2002 Portuguesa ? (?)
2002–2004 Defensor Sporting 45 (5)
2004–2007 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 51 (2)
2007–2008 AC Horsens 2 (0)
2008 Rot-Weiss Erfurt 7 (1)
2008–2009 Alki Larnaca 12 (2)
2009–2010 Vllaznia 9 (0)
2012–2013 Goslarer SC
2013– SSVg Velbert
National team
2007–2008 Albania 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Blerim Rrustemi (Serbo-Croatian: 'Blerim Rustemi') (born 4 February 1983, Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia) is an Albanian footballer from Kosovo, who plays as a defender. Rrustemi likes to play as a defensive midfielder, but played in defense for Alki Larnaca and the Albanian National Team. He plays for SSVg Velbert.

Club career

As a youngster, he has attended and played for Weston Collegiate Institute high-school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While in Toronto, he has played for CS Azzuri in 1999–2000 and the Toronto Supra in 2000–2001 which are both teams of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He has also played for different Albanian teams in Toronto.[1]

He moved to South America, playing for Portuguesa of Brasil in 2001–2002 and Defensor Sporting of Uruguay in 2002–2004.

Then he come back to Europe where he played between 2004–2008 in Germany at amateur teams Borussia Mönchengladbach II and Rot-Weiß Erfurt and couple of months in Denmark first division for AC Horsens. In 2008–2009 he played in Cyprus first division at Alki Larnaca. He signed for the Albanian team KS Vllaznia in October 2009.

International career

Though originating from Kosovo like many players of Albanian ethnicity, he chose the Albania national football team. His debut came in the friendly against the England B team.

Privates

He holds Albanian and Canadian passports.

References

  1. ↑ "Canucks in Germany - September 2006 | BigSoccer Forum". Bigsoccer.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

External links

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