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Bekim Balaj

1991 - Today

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Bekim Balaj (born 11 January 1991) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër. Balaj started his football career with his hometown club Vllaznia and made his professional debut at the age of 17 before going on to score 17 goals in 38 games for the club before moving to Turkey to join Gençlerbirliği. After little success in Turkey he returned to Albania and played for Tirana where he scored 15 league goals in 37 games before joining Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic in January 2013. During his time at Sparta Prague he was loaned out to Polish side Jagiellonia Białystok for the entire 2013–14 campaign where he scored 9 goals in 36 games in all competition before return to his parent club for the first half of the following season. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Bekim Balaj is the 6,913th most popular soccer player (up from 10,366th in 2024), the 83rd most popular biography from Albania (up from 115th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Albanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bekim Balaj ranks 6,914 out of 21,273. Before him are Lluís Carreras, Yusuf Yazıcı, Pablo Bengoechea, Édison Méndez, Youssef Chippo, Abraham Løkin, and Muriqui. After him are Yuri Berchiche, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Clemente Rodríguez, Gène Hanssen, and Noussair Mazraoui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Bekim Balaj ranks 156. Before him are Germán Pezzella, Masato Yoshihara, Kazuya Okazaki, Jo Bo-ah, Burak Deniz, and Ramy Youssef. After him are Takuya Sasagaki, Marine Vacth, Steven Berghuis, Marten de Roon, Nora Mørk, and Suk Hyun-jun.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Bekim Balaj ranks 83 out of 150. Before him are Jozefina Topalli (1963), Eleni Foureira (1987), Eduard Abazi (1963), Ermonela Jaho (1974), Frederik Ndoci (1960), and Erjon Bogdani (1977). After him are Ornela Vorpsi (1968), Altin Lala (1975), Kristjan Asllani (2002), Aurela Gaçe (1973), Juliana Pasha (1980), and Hersi Matmuja (1990).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Albania

Among soccer players born in Albania, Bekim Balaj ranks 5. Before him are Panajot Pano (1939), Igli Tare (1973), Eduard Abazi (1963), and Erjon Bogdani (1977). After him are Altin Lala (1975), Kristjan Asllani (2002), Ansi Agolli (1982), Elseid Hysaj (1994), Sulejman Demollari (1964), Alban Bushi (1973), and Panagiotis Kone (1987).

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