Samir Fazli

Samir Fazli (Macedonian: Самир Фазли; born 22 April 1991) is a Macedonian football striker of Albanian origin. He currently plays for NK Rudeš in Croatian First Football League.

Samir Fazli
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991
Place of birth Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 KF Shkëndija
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2008 Makedonija
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Makedonija 47 (13)
2009–2014 Heerenveen 26 (1)
2013 → Helmond Sport (loan) 15 (5)
2014–2017 FC Wil 68 (18)
2017–2018 Rudeš 18 (5)
2018– Shkëndija 30 (3)
National team‡
2009–2012 Macedonia U-21 22 (7)
2011–2013 Macedonia 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2011

Early life

Born in Skopje, Fazli lived in Canada for some time, attending Jasper Place High School[1] in Edmonton, Alberta prior to his return to Skopje in 2007.

Club career

Fazli began his career in the youth ranks of FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov, then had trial for Sampdoria at 16 years old, but a bid by them was considered far to low according to FK Makedonija's club president. He went on trial with Dutch-side Heerenveen,[2] On 13 March 2009, due to age restrictions, a deal could not be made for his move to Heerenveen, but he would remain in Skopje and continue to play for his club there. Heerenveen's scout Dragan Putevski stated that "he's a big deal", adding that it was his best find to date. Fazli was finally signed by the club for €200,000 on a contract that will keep him there until 2014.[3] Fazli scored his first goal for Heerenveen on 19 March 2010. He came on as a substitute in the 81st minute and scored in the 90th minute as his team won 4–1 over NEC. He was released by SC Heerenveen in 2014 after his contract expired.

International career

Fazli also a regular for the Macedonia U-21s – he played his first game on 11 February 2009 against the Croatia U-21s. He was a member of the U-17 squad before his call-up to the U-21s.[4]

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in an August 2011 friendly match away against Azerbaijan and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 2013 friendly against Norway in Oslo.[5]

Personal life

Fazli holds passports from both Albania and Macedonia.

References
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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