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Orges Naser Bunjaku (born 5 July 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Grenoble. Born in Switzerland, he represented that nation at youth international levels but in 2022 elected to play for Kosovo.

Orges Bunjaku

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-07-05) 5 July 2001 (age 21)
Place of birth	Uznach, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Grenoble
Number	25
Youth career
2007–2015	Rapperswil-Jona
2015–2019	Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	Basel U21	19	(1)
2020–2021	Basel	12	(0)
2021–	Grenoble	13	(0)
National team‡
2016	Switzerland U15	3	(0)
2016–2017	Switzerland U16	3	(0)
2017	Switzerland U17	6	(1)
2018	Switzerland U18	2	(0)
2019	Switzerland U19	5	(3)
2020	Switzerland U20	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2020

Club career

Early career and Basel

Bunjaku at the age of six started playing football in local club Rapperswil-Jona.[1] In 2015, he transferred to the youth system of Basel.[1] In January 2020, he advanced to their first team and signed his first professional contract with the club, agreeing on a four-year deal.[2]

After playing in two test games, Bunjaku played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 8 February 2020 as Basel won 4–0 against Zürich.[3] He played five league games in his first season, three times he played in the starting formation. He also had one appearance in the UEFA Europa League as he was substituted in during 84th minute in the match against APOEL.[4]

Grenoble

On 19 July 2021, Bunjaku signed a three-year contract with Ligue 2 club Grenoble and received squad number 25.[5] Five days later, he made his debut in a 0–4 home defeat against Paris FC after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Yannick Marchand.[6]

International career

Youth

From 2016, until 2020, Bunjaku has been part of Switzerland at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U15, U16, U17, U18, U19 and U20 teams and he with these teams played twenty matches and scored four goals.

Senior

Bunjaku's agent, Christoph Graf through an interview stated that Bunjaku has started the procedures for obtaining Kosovan passport and his wish is to play for Kosovo national team.[7] On 22 March 2022, the Football Federation of Kosovo announced that Bunjaku had decided to represent their national team.[8]

References

External links

• Orges Bunjaku at Soccerway
• Orges Bunjaku at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

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[de] Orges Bunjaku

Orges Bunjaku (* 5. Juli 2001 in Uznach) ist ein schweizerisch-kosovarischer Fussballspieler.

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- [en] Orges Bunjaku

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