Blerim Rrustemi

Blerim Rrustemi ( born February 2, 1983 in Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia, now Kosovo) is an Albanian football player who grew up in Canada and also has Canadian citizenship.

Club career

The two-footed central defender joined only at the age of 17 years, ie in 2000, a football club in; his first stop was Supra Toronto, where he already played a few games in the first team. The first half of the following season spent Rrustemi in the youth of the Brazilian club Portuguesa Sao Paulo. For the second round, he returned to Canada and signed a contract with Toronto Azzurri, where he became an integral part of the combat team. In the summer of 2002, the defensive specialist signed his first professional contract; He joined Defensor Sporting Club in the Uruguayan Primera División and was also a regular player there.

In spring 2004, Blerim was invited by Borussia Moenchengladbach on trial and shortly afterwards committed for the second team. The contact to the " foal " had made ​​his residing on the Lower Rhine brother, who acted as his interpreter at the beginning.

After the 2006/07 season, which ended with the descent into the league to Rrustemi decided to leave the club. He changed free transfer to the Danish first division club AC Horsens, where his contract was terminated end of the year 2007. During the winter break of the season 2007/ 08 Rrustemi moved to third division FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt, which he left at the end of the season towards Cyprus Alki Larnaca.

Blerim Rrustemi, which can also be used as a defensive midfielder, known for his aggressive style of play that you would rather suspect in the English Premier League than in German amateur leagues. Even he says: " If I can not get my way in Germany, England would definitely be an alternative. "

In summer 2010 Rrustemi joined the NRW - Liga team FC Wegberg -Beeck. For the 2011/12 season he joined the Goslar SC 08 from the Oberliga Niedersachsen to, with whom he was in his first season champion and rose to the Regionalliga Nord. After two years in Goslar the defender returned back to NRW in 2013 and joined the third division SSVg Velbert. During the winter break of the 2013/14 season, he broke up his contract and went to the Oberliga Niederrhein to Ratingen 04 / 19th

National

Blerim Rrustemi was first invited to a course of Otto Barić, coach of the Albanian national team in February 2007. Meanwhile Rrustemi has also received the Albanian citizenship.

His first game for Albania, he played on 25 May 2007 in a friendly match against a B- choice England.