Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonit Abazi | ||
Date of birth | 5 July 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Gnjilane, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Skënderbeu | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2011 | Drita | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Drita | 30 | (4) |
2013– | Skënderbeu | 55 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Albania U21 | 2 | (0) |
2015– | Kosovo | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2015 |
Leonit Abazi(born 5 July 1993 in Gnjilane, FR Yugoslavia) is a Kosovar professional footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Skënderbeu Korçë in the Albanian Superliga.
Born in Gnjilane, in modern-day Kosovo, Abazi played with KF Drita in the Football Superleague of Kosovo before moving to Albania to join the regingn champions Skënderbeu Korçë in the summer of 2013. He made his debut for Skenderbeu in their victory against KF Laçi in the 2013 Albanian Supercup final. At same period he also started playing for Albania under-21 national team.
At the end of the 2014–15 he renewed his contract with Skënderbeu Korçë for another two years alongside fellow Kosovar Albanian player Bajram Jashanica. The contract was signed on 5 June 2015, and it the two–year contract would keep Abazi at the club until at least 2017, but with the option of another year as well.
Abazi scored his first league goal for 2015–16 season in a 4–0 thashing of Bylis Ballsh on 3 December 2015.