Bekim Kastrati (born 25 March 1979) is an Albanian former professional footballer[1] who played as a forward and spent the majority of his career in Germany.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bekim Kastrati | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Peć, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Budućnost Peć | |||
| Germania Geistenbeck | |||
| 0000–2000 | 1. FC Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2000–2001 | SC Wegberg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | FC Wegberg-Beeck | 22 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Aris Thessaloniki | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Borussia Freialdenhoven | 34 | (13) |
| 2004–2006 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 58 | (41) |
| 2005–2006 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Eintracht Braunschweig II | 2 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 37 | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 7 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Dynamo Dresden II | 1 | (2) |
| 2010 | Bonner SC | 10 | (5) |
| 2010–2012 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia | 34 | (5) |
| Total | 223 | (79) | |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Albania | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kastrati number of German clubs including Fortuna Düsseldorf, Eintracht Braunschweig and Borussia Mönchengladbach. He joined Bonn from Dynamo Dresden in January 2010 before switching to Wuppertaler SV Borussia in May.
In January 2008, in a friendly between Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayern Munich, Kastrati suffered a fractured testicle after colliding with Bayern's goalkeeper Bernd Dreher. He had to be brought to a hospital to undergo an emergency operation.[2]
Kastrati made his debut for the Albania national team in a March 2006 friendly match against Georgia in Tirana and earned a total of two caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a September 2006 European Championship qualification match against Romania.[3]