Labinot Harbuzi

Harbuzi in Jersey Manisaspor (February 2012 )

Labinot Harbuzi ( born April 4, 1986 in Lund ) is a Swedish football player with Kosovar roots. The midfielder, who went through all Swedish youth selections, his professional career began in the Netherlands.

Career

Harbuzi began playing football at Håkanstorp BK. In 1994, he joined the youth of Malmö BI, before he moved on to Falkenberg FF 1999. In 2000 he went briefly to Malmö FF in order to subsequently change the age of 15 in the Netherlands for Feyenoord. In parallel, he was appointed by Hans Lindbom for the first time in the Swedish youth teams, where he was able to establish itself in the sequence.

In 2004, Mr. Feyenoord Rotterdam Harbuzi to the local rivals SBV Excelsior in the subprime Eerste Divisie. At the end of the season he returned to nine league games, but did not in the Eredivisie used. Nevertheless, he was appointed to the Swedish U- 21 team, where he debuted in February 2006 in the 0-1 defeat against the Irish youth team with a goal by Ian Ward as a substitute from the 74 minutes for Fredrik Petersson.

In March 2006, the Swedish club Malmö FF 2006 Harbuzi committed before the start of the season. Due to injury, was the former youth players of the club in his first two years in Sweden hardly used, so that it is no longer included in the youth team. During the 2008 the midfielder made ​​his breakthrough at Malmö FF and in the following season, he played eleven of the twelve season games before the summer break from the start. Although he had since his debut no further play for the U- 21 team denied he was appointed in late May surprising in the squad for the U-21 European Championship in Sweden in the summer. In selecting squad coach Jörgen Lennartsson and Tommy Söderberg he was next to Guillermo Molins one of two players of Malmö FF. During the tournament, he came to three brief appearances and reached the semi-finals with the team in which they defeated the English U- 21 team in a penalty shootout.

In July 2009 Harbuzi left Sweden and joined the Turkish club Gençlerbirliği to, with whom he signed a contract valid until 2012. At first team regular he moved under new coach Fuat Çapa 2011 into second place. In December broke player and club his contract on the year. During the winter break, therefore, he moved to league rivals Manisaspor free transfer, for whom he played five league games until mid-March. Towards the end of the season he was no longer included in the squad. The club missed the end of the season in the league, his expiring contract was not renewed.

Harbuzi then returned to Sweden, where he signed a contract in mid August 2012 the first division Syrianska FC until the end. In his new club he was unable to prevail. By the end, he played only three games season as a substitute. After the year his contract had expired, he remained in a row without a club.