Dashmir Elezi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 November 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Tetovo, Macedonia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rabotnicki | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | Shkëndija | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Shkëndija | 63 | (10) |
| 2023 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Shkëndija | 18 | (2) |
| 2024 | Lokomotiva | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Prishtina | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Rabotnicki | 13 | (0) |
| 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 as of 18 June 2026 | |||
Dashmir Elezi (Macedonian: Дашмир Елези; born 21 November 2004) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Rabotnicki.[2]
Club career
[edit]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 gone back to North Macedonia due to personal problems and continue playing for Shkëndija.[12]
International career
[edit]Elezi has represented North Macedonia at youth international level.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Elezi's father, Skender, died in a car accident near Plovdiv, Bulgaria in December 2022.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 11 January 2023.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shkëndija | 2020–21 | 1. MFL | 20 | 6 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| 2021–22 | 27 | 3 | 2[a] | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Total | 60 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 12 | ||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 60 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in the Macedonian Cup
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualification, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League qualification
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualification
Honours
[edit]FK Shkëndija
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Dashmir Elezi at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Dashmir Elezi at Soccerway
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Next Generation 2021: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ↑ "Dashmir Elezi askıya alındı" [Dashmir Elezi suspended]. gaziantepgunes.com (in Turkish). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ ""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.
- ↑ "KOMUNIKATË PËR MEDIA - DASHMIR ELEZI" [PRESS RELEASE - DASHMIR ELEZI] (in Macedonian). KF Shkëndija. 1 February 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Dashmir Elezi at Soccerway
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tetovo
- Macedonian men's footballers
- 21st-century Macedonian sportsmen
- North Macedonia men's youth international footballers
- North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Macedonian First Football League players
- KF Shkëndija players
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
- NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players
- FK Rabotnicki players
- Macedonian expatriate men's footballers
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country)
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia