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Albert Bunjaku (born 29 November 1983)[1] is a Kosovar former professional footballer who plays as a striker. Having previously represented Switzerland, participating at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he switched to the newly formed Kosovo national team.

Albert Bunjaku
Bunjaku at practice with 1. FC Nürnberg in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-11-29) 29 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Gjilani, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information

Current team

Bonner SC
Youth career
1996–1998 FC Schlieren
1998–2000 Grasshoppers
2000–2003 Young Fellows Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Schaffhausen39 (3)
2006 SC Paderborn10 (1)
2006–2009 Rot-Weiß Erfurt74 (34)
2009–2012 1. FC Nürnberg55 (14)
2012–2014 1. FC Kaiserslautern31 (13)
2014–2017 St. Gallen51 (9)
2017–2018 Erzgebirge Aue23 (1)
2018–2022 Viktoria Köln89 (34)
2022 Bonner SC 0 (0)
International career
2004–2006 Switzerland U2115 (7)
2009–2010 Switzerland6 (0)
2014–2016 Kosovo6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:18, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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When Bunjaku was eight years old, he moved with his mother and two brothers to Switzerland, where his father was already working. Bunjaku joined his first club at 13 – unusually late for a future professional. Before starting out with FC Schlieren, he only played football in the schoolyard or on the five-a-side court. At that stage he was also very keen on basketball.

 
Bunjaku playing for Rot-Weiß Erfurt

Bunjaku's first step on the professional ladder was at FC Schaffhausen in the Challenge League, Switzerland's second division. The team won promotion to the Super League in 2003–04 and over the course of the next 18 months the young forward made 39 top-flight appearances.

In January 2006, the 23-year-old Bunjaku left Schaffhausen for 2. Bundesliga side SC Paderborn. His first staging post in Germany was destined to last just six months however, as he failed to establish himself under then-coach Jos Luhukay. "At the time I didn't have the feeling he was Bundesliga material", Luhukay says now. As a result, Bunjaku found himself unemployed in the summer of 2006.

Then however, a chance conversation turned Bunjaku's fortunes around. His wife Arieta worked in a boutique in Paderborn frequented by the wife of former Paderborn coach Pavel Dochev. They struck up a conversation and it transpired that Dotchev, now in charge of Rot-Weiß Erfurt, was on the lookout for a striker. No sooner said than done, and Bunjaku was on the move to third-division Erfurt.

He first came to the attention of the wider footballing public when Rot-Weiß Erfurt took on Bayern Munich in a DFB Cup tie on 10 August 2008. Coming on as a second-half substitute in what was Jürgen Klinsmann's competitive debut as Bayern coach, Bunjaku put two goals past the record champions, who eventually squeezed past their lower-league opponents 4–3.

International career

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On 14 November 2009, Bunjaku made his international debut for Switzerland in the 1–0 home loss to Norway in a friendly match after coming on as a substitute for Alexander Frei at half time. He was part of the Swiss squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, playing the last 13 minutes of the group match against Chile after coming on for Gelson Fernandes.[2] Bunjaku played in Kosovo's first FIFA-approved match, against Haiti in a 0–0 home friendly on 5 March 2014.[3] Bunjaku played for Kosovo against Turkey on 21 May 2014 and scored its first international goal.

International goals

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As of match played 3 June 2016
Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bunjaku goal.[4]
List of international goals scored by Albert Bunjaku
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 May 2014 Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium, Mitrovica, Kosovo 2   Turkey 1–2 1–6 Friendly
2 25 May 2014 Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland 3   Senegal 1–1 1–3
3 3 June 2016 Stadion am Bornheimer Hang, Frankfurt, Germany 4   Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0

References

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  1. ^ "Hitzfeld: "Bunjaku ist ein Thema"" (in German). Sportal.ch. 5 November 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  • ^ "Chile 1–0 Switzerland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  • ^ "Kosovo 0–0 Haiti". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  • ^ Albert Bunjaku at Soccerway
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