No. 4 – Sigal Prishtina | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
League | Kosovo Basketball Superleague |
Personal information | |
Born |
Doboj, SFR Yugoslavia |
September 10, 1980
Nationality | Albanian |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1999–present |
Career history | |
1999–2005 | Sigal Prishtina |
2005–2006 | →KB Valbona Tropoje |
2006–2007 | Sigal Prishtina |
2006–2007 | K.R. Basket Reykjavík |
2007–2008 | MZT Skopje |
2008–2010 | Sigal Prishtina |
2010–2011 | Lirija |
2011–present | Sigal Prishtina |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Edmond "Edo" Azemi (born 19 September 1980) is a Kosovo Albanian professional basketball player who plays for Sigal Prishtina in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in Balkan International Basketball League. Edmond Azemi is one of the most successful players in the history of basketball in Kosovo. He Started the career in Kosovo in KB Sigal Prishtina. Most of the years he played with KB Sigal Prishtina team where he made history winning 10x Kosovo Basketball superleague, 9x Kosovo Cups, 3x Kosovo Supercups and 1x Balkan League.
Edmond Azemi is a member of the Kosovo national basketball team from 2011. He was part of the Albanian national basketball team from 2004 to 2010. Azemi holds also a Croatian passport.
He was born in Doboj, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Kosovar Albanian Father and Croatian mother. He spent his teen years in Pristina Kosovo, and also started the career in KB Sigal Prishtina where he made history. Now Edmond Azemi lives in Pristina, he is married to Elma Ibro and they have two children.
In 2005-06 season, Edmond Azemi played in KB Valbona Tropoje in Albanian Basketball League and also in Eurocup Challenge where he was one of the best players of his team. He averaged with 9.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game. Also in 2005-06 season he played with Sigal prishtina where he averaged with 10.3 points and 2.6 assists per game. Then in 2006-07 he played for K.R. Basket Reykjavík in Premier League (Iceland) where he averaged with 9.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.4 steals in 12 games played. Then from Iceland he returned in Kosovo at Sigal Prishtina to play just 2 seasons and to go to Macedonian basketball superleague at KK Lirija team where he played 13 games with average - 12.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.