Egzon Bejtulai (Macedonian: Егзон Бејтулаи; born 7 January 1994) is an Albanian-Macedonian professional footballer who plays for KF Shkëndija as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Egzon Bejtullai Егзон Бејтулаи | ||
Date of birth | (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Tetovo, Macedonia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back or Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Shkendija | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2011 | Teteks | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Teteks | 52 | (9) |
2013–2019 | Shkendija | 165 | (7) |
2020 | Helsingborgs | 0 | (0) |
2020– | Shkendija | 36 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2012–2014 | Macedonia U19 | 7 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Macedonia U21 | 8 | (0) |
2018– | North Macedonia | 23 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2022 |
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Bejtulai is of Albanian Macedonian descent, which made him eligible to play for either Albania or North Macedonia (Macedonia) national team at international level. Bejtulai was a regular in the Macedonia U21 team and performed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland, where he served as first right back choice.[1]
In May 2016 and March 2017 he also received call-ups for Macedonia in friendlies against Azerbaijan,[2] Iran and Belarus, but he did not make his debut until 6 September 2018 during the first round of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D competition, when he entered the game against Gibraltar in the 85th minute.[3][4]
During North Macedonia's opening fixture of the tournament against Austria, immediatedly after striker Marko Arnautović (who is half-Serbian) scored, Arnautović angrily shouted towards Bejtulai and teammate Ezgjan Alioski –both of Albanian descent–what were believed to be anti-Albanian slurs. Football Federation of Macedonia released a statement calling for action by UEFA.[5][6]
Egzon Bejtulai
KF Shkëndija – current squad | |
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North Macedonia squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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