Ilir Azemi

Ilir Azemi (born 21 February 1992) is a Kosovo Albanian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

International Career

The Albanian media has reported that Azemi has been called up by the Albania U21, but Azemi has declined the invitation, in that he needs time to get himself established in his club first, however he has declared that he is looking forward to becoming part of the Albania senior team in the future and that wearing the red-and-black jersey is one of his primary goals. On 8 October 2012, his club Greuther Furth announced that he had accepted a recent call-up from the Albania U21. In January 2013, he repeated to the Albanian media that he expects a call up from manager Gianni De Biasi, to which he will respond positively in order to play for Albania. In January 2014, he confirmed his intentions.

In June 2014, Azemi reiterated his interest in playing for Albania, since he wanted to be in the field against Serbia for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.

Kosovo

On 2 March 2014. Azemi received a call-up from Kosovo for the first permitted by FIFA match against Haiti and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.