Dashmir Elezi
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-21) 21 November 2004
Place of birth Tetovo, Macedonia[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Shkëndija
Number 9
Youth career
Shkëndija
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Shkëndija 63 (10)
2023 Torpedo Kutaisi 0 (0)
2023– Shkëndija 9 (1)
International career
2019 North Macedonia U15 4 (0)
2019–2020 North Macedonia U17 6 (1)
2022 North Macedonia U18 1 (0)
2021–2022 North Macedonia U19 10 (1)
2022– North Macedonia U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2023

Dashmir Elezi (Macedonian: Дашмир Елези; born 21 November 2004) is a Macedonian Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Shkëndija.[2]

Club career

Born in Tetovo, North Macedonia, Elezi joined Shkëndija at youth level. He was promoted to the first team squad in November 2020,[3] and became the youngest goal-scorer in the top flight of Macedonian football when he scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw against Shkupi, a day after his sixteenth birthday.[4][5]

He signed his first professional contract in June 2021.[6] In October of the same year, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2004 worldwide.[7]

In January 2022, a proposed transfer to Turkish side Gaziantep fell through.[8] However, a year later, in January 2023, Elezi moved to Georgia to join Erovnuli Liga side Torpedo Kutaisi, signing a three-year contract.[9][10][11] However 14 days later, Shkëndija announced that Elezi had went back to North Macedonia due to personal problems and continue playing for Shkëndija.[12]

International career

Elezi has represented North Macedonia at youth international level.[1]

Personal life

Elezi's father, Skender, died in a car accident near Plovdiv, Bulgaria in December 2022.[13]

Career statistics

As of 11 January 2023.[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shkëndija 2020–21 1. MFL 2061[lower-alpha 1]00000216
2021–22 2732[lower-alpha 1]03[lower-alpha 2]000323
2022–23 131323[lower-alpha 3]000193
Total 60106260007212
Torpedo Kutaisi 2023 Erovnuli Liga 0000000000
Career total 60102060006810
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Macedonian Cup
  2. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualification, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League qualification
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualification

Honours

FK Shkëndija

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dashmir Elezi at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Dashmir Elezi at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Dashmir Elezi transferohet në Torpedo Kutaisi të Gjeorgjisë" [Dashmir Elezi transfers to Torpedo Kutaisi of Georgia]. kfshkendija.com (in Albanian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Дашмир Елези вчера наполни 16 години, денес даде гол за Шкендија" [Dashmir Elezi turned 16 yesterday, today he scored a goal for Shkendija]. mkd.mk (in Macedonian). 22 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Ajeti, Jon (8 October 2021). "Dashmir Elezi në mesin e top talentëve në botë" [Dashmir Elezi among the top talents in the world]. klankosova.tv (in Albanian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "16-годишниот-дашмир-елези-потпиша-догов/" [16-year-old Dashmir Elezi signed a contract with Shkendia]. sportski.mk (in Macedonian). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Next Generation 2021: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Dashmir Elezi askıya alındı" [Dashmir Elezi suspended]. gaziantepgunes.com (in Turkish). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Nikolli, Igli (4 January 2023). "Ekskluzive/ Shkëndija shet talentin e madh të sulmit, detajet e operacionit" [Exclusive/Skëndija sells big-hitting talent, operation details]. supersport.al (in Albanian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Upale, Goran (10 January 2023). "Елези ја напушти Шкендија и кариерата ја продолжува во Грузија!" [Elezi left Shkendija and continues his career in Georgia!]. gol.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  11. ↑ ""ტორპედოს" ახალწვეული ჩრდილოეთ მაკედონიიდან - "გარდიანმა" დაშმირ ელეზი მსოფლიოს 60 ტალანტს შორის დაასახელა #1TVSPORT" ["Torpedo" newcomer from North Macedonia - "Guardian" named Dashmir Elez among the 60 talents of the world #1TVSPORT]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "KOMUNIKATË PËR MEDIA - DASHMIR ELEZI" [PRESS RELEASE - DASHMIR ELEZI] (in Macedonian). KF Shkëndija. 1 February 2023.
  13. ↑ "Загина таткото на македонскиот фудбалски репрезентативец Дашмир Елези, несреќа на пат кон Македонија" [The father of the Macedonian football representative Dashmir Elezi died in an accident on the way to Macedonia]. republika.mk (in Macedonian). 9 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  14. ↑ Dashmir Elezi at Soccerway
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