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.
Personal information | |||
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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 |
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]
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]
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.
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]
Grenoble Foot 38 – current squad | |
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