Fanol Perdedaj

Fanol Perdedaj (born 16 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German club 3. Liga club Wurzburger Kickers. He represented the Kosovo national team and previously played for Germany national under-21 football team.

Club Career

In the 2009–10 pre-season, he was called to the professional squad by his coach Lucien Favre. However, he was only used for the second team in the Regionalliga Nord and he was on the bench repeatedly for the first team.

Due to the injuries of Fabian Lustenberger and Pal Dardai, Perdedaj debuted for the first team on 14 August 2010 in the first round match of DFB-Pokal against SC Pfullendorf, where they won 2–0.

Six days later, Perdedaj played for the first time in a match of the 2. Bundesliga where they won against Rot-Weis Oberhausen 3–2. Over the course of that season, Perdedaj went on to make 15 more appearances in the 2. Bundesliga.

In November 2010, he renewed his contract with Hertha BSC until 2015. On 4 March 2012, Perdedaj made his Bundesliga debut. In an interview following this match, Hertha-coach Otto Rehhagel nicknamed him "Paradise", partly due to his performance in the match, partly due to the fact that Rehhagel could not pronounce "Perdedaj" correctly. Perdedaj went on to play in seven of Hertha's ten remaining games that season.

The following season, he left Hertha on the last day of the summer transfer window, and signed a loan deal with Lyngby Boldklub. In his first six months in Denmark, Perdedaj struggled to establish himself as a starter for Lyngnby, starting eight of nineteen matches before the winter break, and coming on as substitute in another four. He briefly returned to Berlin in January to participate in the Hertha BSC training camp to stay fit over the break, which is much longer in Denmark than in Germany.

He signed a contract with FC Energie Cottbus on 17 January 2014 for a year and a half.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Фаноль Пердедай (russian)