Enis Bardhi

Enis Bardhi
Personal information
Full name Enis Bardhi
Date of birth (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Levante
Number 10
Youth career
2012 Shkupi
2013 Brondby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Prespa Birlik 10 (5)
2014–2017 Újpest 79 (19)
2017– Levante 29 (9)
National team‡
2012–2013 Macedonia U17 1 (0)
2013–2014 Macedonia U19 4 (0)
2014–2017 Macedonia U21 14 (4)
2015– Macedonia 15 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2018

Enis Bardhi (Macedonian: Енис Барди; born 2 July 1995) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a left winger for Spanish club Levante UD and the Macedonia national team. Enis is of Albanian heritage.[1]

Club career

Early career

Born in Skopje, Bardhi joined Brøndby IF's youth setup in 2013, from FK Shkupi. In November of that year, however, he agreed to a one-year deal with Swedish Football Division 2 club KSF Prespa Birlik.[2]

Bardhi played ten matches and scored five goals for the club during his spell, helping in their narrow escape from relegation.[3]

Újpest

In August 2014, Bardhi moved to Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ujpest on trial,[4] and signed a three-year contract late in the month.[5]

Levante

On 17 July 2017, Bardhi agreed to a three-year deal with La Liga side Levante UD.[6] He made his debut in the category on 21 August, starting in a 1–0 home win against Villarreal CF.[7]

On 26 August 2017 Bardhi scored his first goal in the top tier, netting his team's first through a direct free kick in a 2–2 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[8]

International career

Bardhi, born in Macedonia and ethnic Albanian, was eligible to represent either Macedonia or Albania. Bardhi desired to represent Albania, stating "I do not believe there is an Albanian born in Skopje, with Albanian families, who would not want to play for Albania".[1] Redi Jupi, who was appointed as scouting manager for the Albanian Football Association, never approached Bardhi or respond to Bardhi's managers call out. With Macedonia showing genuine interest and Bardhi viewing the FSHF handling of the situation and response as unprofessional, accepted the call-up for Macedonia.[1]

However, Jetmir Salihu, a representative for the FSHF, dismissed Bardhi's claim, who unveiled all the messages between him and the player, replying that Bardhi was never interested to come to Albania in the first place.[9] He also accused the player of trying to damage the image of Albanian Football Association with the aim to be seen as hero to Albanian people, stating: "Since 2010 I've had hundreds of such cases, footballers that have refused the national team and at the end they came out with such statements because they want to make FSHF guilty so they can win the sympathy of Albanians."[9]

Bardhi represented Macedonia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels before making his full international debut on 27 March 2015, coming on as a first-half substitute for Artim Položani in a 1–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home loss against Belarus.[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Macedonia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 October 2017Stadion Mladost, Strumica Liechtenstein
3–0
4–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 May 2018[11]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Prespa Birlik 2014 Division 2 105———105
Újpest 2014–15 NB I 21250—30292
2015–16 29551——346
2016–17 291221——3113
Total 7919122—309421
Levante 2017–18 La Liga 25940——299
Career totals 11433162003013335

International

As of 27 March 2018[12]
Macedonia
YearAppsGoals
201540
201620
201751
201820
Total131

Honours

Újpest

References

  1. 1 2 3 "E vërteta e talentit Enis Bardhi: Desha të luaja për Shqipërinë, shkova te Maqedonia prej Redi Jupit". Panorama Sport. 18 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ekskluzive: Bardhi prej sot te KSF Prespa në Suedi" [Exclusive: Bardhi from today of KSF Prespa from Sweden] (in Macedonian). PortAlb. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Grattis Enis!" [Thanks Enis!] (in Swedish). KSF Prespa. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Leigazoljuk Enis Bardhi-t" [Enis Bardhi on trial] (in Hungarian). Újpest FC. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ekskluzive: Enis Bardhi te Ujpesti i Hungarisë" [Exclusive: Enis Bardhi to Újpest in Hungary] (in Macedonian). PortAlb. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bardhi se compromete con el Levante UD por las próximas tres temporadas" [Bardhi signs with Levante UD for the following three seasons] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "La Liga echaba de menos a Morales" [La Liga was missing Morales] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "El Levante rescata un punto con polémica" [Levante rescue a point with controversy] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Përfaqësuesi i FSHF publikon mesazhet e Enis Bardhit: Pretendove të dalësh hero, dole palaço (FOTO)" [Representative of FSHF publishes Elis Bardhi's messages: You pretended to be hero, but you become harlequin] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Belarus get the better of FYR Macedonia". UEFA.com. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Enis Bardhi at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Enis Bardhi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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