Emil Abaz (Macedonian: Емил Абаз, born 17 January 1998) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Rupel Boom in the Belgian National Division 1. He also holds Belgian citizenship.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emil Abaz | ||
Date of birth | (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Skopje, Macedonia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rupel Boom | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2013 | Beerschot | ||
2013–2016 | Anderlecht | ||
2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2017 | Spartak Subotica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 7 | (0) |
2017 | Spartak Subotica | 22 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Beerschot Wilrijk | 11 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Borec | 21 | (0) |
2020– | Rupel Boom | ||
National team | |||
Belgium U16 | |||
2014 | Macedonia U17 | 3 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Macedonia U19 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2019 | North Macedonia U21 | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2020 |
Born in Skopje,[2] he played with Beerschot A.C.[1] before joining the youth team of Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2013.[3] He played for Anderlecht in the semi-finals of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League against Chelsea.[4]
In summer 2016 he signed with Croatian club GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Abaz played for Dinamo in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League[4] and with Dinamo Zagreb II in the 2016–17 Croatian Second League.[5]
In January 2017, during the winter-break, he left Dinamo Zagreb and signed with Serbian club FK Spartak Subotica.[6] He made his debut in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga in the 26th round played on 12 March 2017, in an away game against FK Rad, a 3–0 defeat.[7] At the beginning of 2018, Abaz mutually terminated the contract with Spartak, and left the club as a free agent.[8]
As a Romani[2] born in Skopje, he represented initially Belgium where he was living, playing for Belgium U-16.[9] Then he switched and started playing for Macedonia. He made appearances for Macedonia U-17 and U-19 national teams.[5][4]
On 24 March 2017, he made his debut for the Macedonia U-21 national team, entering the game in the 69th minute as a substitute for the captain Petar Petkovski, in a friendly match against Montenegro U-21 that Macedonia won with 2–0.[10]