Bardhec Bytyqi

Bardhec Bytyqi (Albanian pronunciation: [byˈtytʃi]; born 8 January 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jammerbugt FC.[2]

Bardhec Bytyqi
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997
Place of birth Nørresundby, Denmark[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Jammerbugt
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2005 NUBI
2005–2016 AaB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 AaB 1 (0)
2018 → Skive (loan) 9 (1)
2019 → Jammerbugt (loan) 14 (1)
2019– Jammerbugt 31 (10)
National team
2017 Albania U21 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2020

Club career

AaB

Born in Nørresundby, Denmark, to Albanian parents,[3] Bytyqi started his career with Nr. Uttrup & Bouet Idrætsforening (NUBI), before moving to the youth academy of AaB at age 8.[4][5] In July 2016, he was promoted to the AaB first team alongside six other youth players, including Joakim Mæhle and Magnus Christensen.[5]

He made his senior debut for AaB on 7 September 2016 in a local match in the Danish Cup against his hometown club Nørresundby FB. There, he played the entire match in a 1–5 away win, assisting Thomas Enevoldsen's 2–0 goal in the first half.[6] On 6 July 2017, it was announced that Bytyqi had signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him in Aalborg until 30 June 2019.[3]

Bytyqi was sent on a six-month loan to the second-tier 1st Division club Skive IK in January 2018, as Bytyqi had no prospect of first-team football in AaB.[7] He managed to make nine appearances and score a goal for Skive in the 2nd Division in the spring of 2018.[2] The one goal came on 17 April against FC Roskilde, described as a "dream goal".[8][9]

He returned to AaB in the summer of 2018 as his loan deal expired.[10] He made his debut in the Danish Superliga on 27 August 2018, when he came on as a substitute in the 87th minute instead of Kristoffer Pallesen in a 0–1 defeat at home to Esbjerg fB.[11] In addition to his Superliga debut, he made only one appearance in the autumn of 2018 on 26 September 2018 in a 0–5 away win over FC Roskilde in the Danish Cup. Due to lacking prospects of playing time in AaB in the spring of 2019, Bytyqi was loaned out to Jammerbugt FC in the 2nd Division for the rest of the season on 24 January 2019.[12] He left AaB permanently at the end of the season, as his contract expired.[13][4]

Jammerbugt

When the loan deal expired in the summer of 2019, Bytiqi continued on a permanent contract in Jammerbugt FC.[14]

International career

Bytyqi was first called up for a national team gathering for the Albania national U21 team by coach Alban Bushi for matches played 18–25 January 2017. He was recalled two months later in two friendly matches against Moldova on 25 and 27 March 2017.[15] In the second match played at Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Bytyqi scored in the second half of a match that Albania won 2–0 after a goal by Kristal Abazaj in the first half.[16]

He was later called up for the friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Estonia on 12 June.[17] The day before the friendly against France, however, he suffered an injury, causing him to miss both matches.[18]

References
  1. Bardhec Bytyqi - Player Profile - Football - Eurosport, eurosport.com
  2. Bardhec Bytyqi at Soccerway
  3. Andersen, Brian (6 July 2017). "AaB forlænger med Bytyqi". Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. Knive Anderson, Mick (24 January 2019). "Farvel til førsteholdet og AaB: AaB udlejer Bytyqi". TV 2/Nord (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. "Seks talenter avancerer til Superligatruppen". Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. "Bytyqi udtaget til Albaniens U/21-landshold". Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. Andersen, Brian (31 January 2018). "Bytyqi udlejes til Skive I.K." Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. "Bytyqi scorede drømmemål". Skive Her (in Danish). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  9. Andersen, Peter (16 April 2018). "Lækker afslutning: Se Skives drømmemål mod Roskilde (video)". Skive Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. Skovsgaard Tøfting, Nicolai (24 April 2018). "Skive-back drømmer om albansk A-landshold". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  11. Estrup, Rasmus (27 August 2018). "Skuffende hjemmebanenederlag til Esbjerg fB". Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  12. Jammerbugt FC henter forstærkning i AaB, jammerbugtfc.dk, 24 January 2019
  13. Jasper, Thomas (24 January 2019). "AaB-back tager til Jammerbugt". Nordjyske (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  14. Margren, Sara (4 July 2019). "Jammerbugt beholder tidligere AaB'er". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  15. "Kombëtarja U-21, pak risi në miqësoret ndaj Moldavisë". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  16. "Shpresat fitojne me Moldavine". Albanian Football Association (in Albanian). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  17. "Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë". Albanian Football Association (in Albanian). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  18. "Alban Bushi i mërzitur pas barazimit: Nuk na deshi fati, do të vëzhgoj 80 futbollistë të rinj". NewsSport (in Albanian). 12 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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