Përparim Hetemaj
Përparim " Perpa " Hetemaj ( born December 12, 1986 in Srbica, Kosovo) is a Finnish football player Kosovo Albanian descent. The midfielder played since 2011 at Chievo Verona in the Italian Serie A. Its almost to the day, one year younger brother Mehmet Hetemaj is also professional football players.
Career
Youth
Born in Kosovo Hetemaj began his active career as a football player in 1993 in the youth department of HJK Helsinki, only a year after he was with his mother and brother after Malmi, a district of Helsinki, emigrated. There he went through to 2004, almost all youth leagues and came at the end of his youth playing time to some inserts for the first team Klubi -04, which is the reserve team of the first division HJK Helsinki.
Club career
After only a short time in the reserve team Hermaj made the leap into the professional team of HJK, which has its gaming operations in the top division in the Finnish football, the First Division. There he was on 28 April 2005 in a 2-0 home win over Tornion Pallo -47 his professional debut. At his first goal as a professional football player, he was on 30 July 2005, in the 7-0 home win over Rovaniemi PS.
After he got an offer of the Greek Super League club AEK Athens, Hetemaj changed in the summer of 2006 for a transfer fee of 450,000 euros for this. Before that he graduated from 33 championship games for HJK Helsinki, scoring two goals and won with the team the Finnish football cup 2006. During club from the Greek capital of Athens he gave on September 9, 2006, his team and the same league debut when he 's 1-1 draw against city rivals Atromitos Athens in 81 minutes for Panagiotis Lagos came in to replace. Shortly after his league debut Hetemaj was used in the UEFA Champions League 2006 /07. In four games in Group H it was in use; his first he had it in the 1-1 draw against RSC Anderlecht, as he stood from the beginning on the pitch and replaced from the 71 minutes by the Players out on loan Andrija Delibašić. After the six games in the group stage the team was eliminated in third place Scrapping from the current competition, since only the first and second place in each group is entitled to advancement to the knockout round.
During the 2006 /07 Perpa Hetemaj came in seven league games for use, before he moved on loan for the season 2007/ 08 in early 2008 to league rivals Apollon Kalamarias. There he was on 10 February his team debut when he was in a 2-2 draw against Enosis Ergotelis Diethnis from the start on the pitch and was replaced minutes from the 72nd by Dimitrios Kontodimos. During the game, he was the template for the 1-0 lead hit by Luis Eduardo Brito. After ten championship inserts, as well as a goal and an assist, he returned after the end of the season back to his original club.
Immediately after his return, he came to the team in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup in 2008/ 09 to a 62- minute appearance. With a total score of 2:3 the team still different in the second qualifying round against the Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia from the current competition. Furthermore Hetemaj came during the 2008 /09 operations in nine league games, and in three play-off games. He also came at Kypello Elladas, the Greek Football Cup to a short-term use.
On 31 August 2009 Hetemajs change in the Netherlands for FC Twente Enschede was announced. In return for Perpa Hetemajs move to Twente Enschede Youssouf Hersi arrived, most recently at this very club, AEK Athens. Furthermore, the Finns a one -year contract was submitted with an option for another year.
His team debut came on 23 September 2009 in the 8-0 victory over SC Joure in the KNVB Cup, the cup competition in the Netherlands. In the game, he came on in the 65 minutes for Ismael Cheik Tioté.
Internationally
Hetemaj made back in 2005 for the first time acquainted with the Finnish U-21 national team, when he came to his first appearance in a game against the U- 21 team in Estonia. What followed were to date 16 -21 missions, as well as three hits. Furthermore Përparim Hetemaj was nominated along with his brother Mehmet for the U -21 Championship 2009 in Sweden. He represented Finland in all three group matches of the tournament, before retiring with the team.
On 4 February 2009 Përparim Hetemaj made his A-National team debut when he came into the game from the 84th minute for Kari Arkivuo in the 1:5 defeat against Japan's national team. In the same game also Përparims brother Mehmet made his first team debut when he came on in the 46 minutes for Jussi Kujala.
Achievements
- Finnish Football Cup winners: 2006
Private
Together with his younger brother Mehmet he played in the youth department of the Klubi -04, as well as in the Finnish U-21 and senior national team.