Bećiraj with Dynamo Moscow in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 May 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Peć, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Dynamo Moscow | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2007 | Shqiponja | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | Besa | ||
2008–2010 | Budućnost Podgorica | 81 | (39) |
2010–2014 | Dinamo Zagreb | 90 | (30) |
2014 | Changchun Yatai | 28 | (7) |
2015 | Dinamo Minsk | 23 | (9) |
2016– | Dynamo Moscow | 37 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Montenegro U21 | 5 | (0) |
2009– | Montenegro | 44 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2016 |
Fatos Bećiraj (Albanian: Fatos Besim Beqiraj; born 5 May 1988) is a Montenegrin footballer of Albanian origin, who plays for Dynamo Moscow and the Montenegro national team.
He began his career in Peja with the local club KF Shqiponja at 17 years of age before joining their city rivals KF Besa in July 2007. After spending the first half of the 2007–08 season with Besa his good performances in the Kosovar Superliga attracted attention from several clubs in the region, and in January 2008 he moved to the Montenegrin side FK Budućnost Podgorica.
He immediately established himself as a first team regular at Budućnost, scoring 9 goals in 15 appearances in the second half of the 2007–08 season, helping the club win the Montenegrin championship title and finish runners-up in the 2007–08 Montenegrin Cup. In the following two seasons Bećiraj scored 28 league goals in 62 matches for the club, becoming league top scorer in the 2008–09 season with 18 goals scored.
It was announced on 30 August 2010 that Beqiraj signed for Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb. Beqiraj played very well in his debut season with Dinamo and became regularly called up to the Montenegro national team. He played in 22 league matches and scored 8 goals, most notably a beautiful goal against NK Rijeka and a fine header against Hajduk Split.