Besard Šabović

Besard Šabović
Šabović with FC Khimki in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Djurgårdens IF
Youth career
2003–2015 IF Brommapojkarna
2015–2016 Djurgårdens IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Djurgårdens IF 10 (1)
2017 → IF Brommapojkarna (loan) 7 (0)
2019 → Dalkurd FF (loan) 27 (5)
2020 Mjällby AIF 27 (4)
2021 Kayserispor 11 (0)
2021–2022 Khimki 21 (1)
2022-2024 Djurgårdens IF 64 (5)
International career‡
2013–2014 Sweden U17 9 (0)
2015–2017 Sweden U19 15 (0)
2019 North Macedonia U21 3 (0)
2020 Sweden U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2020

Besard Šabović (Macedonian: Бесард Шабовиќ, Albanian: Besard Shaboviq or Besard Ferri; born 5 January 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Djurgårdens IF as a centre midfielder. He has represented both Sweden and North Macedonia at youth international level.

Club career

Early career

Šabović started out playing for Brommapojkarna at age five. He took part in the TV4-show called Fotbollsfabriken (The Football Factory), which plotted the best 15-years old players in the Brommapojkarna's academy.

Djurgården

On 18 February 2015, Šabović joined with Djurgården, on a three-year under-21 contract.[2] On 12 January 2016, Šabović was promoted to the first team and signed a four-year contract.[3] On 24 April 2016, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Malmö after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Alexander Faltsetas.[4]

Loan to Brommapojkarna

On 24 March 2017, Šabović returned to Superettan side Brommapojkarna, on a season-long loan.[5] On 1 April 2017, he made his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Dalkurd after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of Markus Gustafsson.

Loan to Dalkurd

On 29 March 2019, Šabović joined Superettan side Dalkurd, on a season-long loan with the opportunity to playing for Djurgården during the loan spell also.[6] On 7 April 2019, he made his debut in a 0–4 home defeat against the former club Brommapojkarna after being named in the starting line-up.

On 1 July 2019, Šabović was called up for a game for Djurgården against Kalmar FF, where he was subbed in for the last few minutes.[7]

Khimki

On 22 June 2021, he signed with Russian Premier League club FC Khimki.[8] Šabović left Khimki on 3 June 2022.[9]

Return to Djurgården

On 10 August 2022, Šabović signed a 2.5-year contract with Djurgårdens IF.[10]

International career

North Macedonia

Under-21

On 14 March 2019, Šabović was named as part of the North Macedonia U21 squad for 2019 Antalya Cup.[11] On 22 March 2019, he made his debut with North Macedonia U21 in a match against Ukraine U21 after coming on as a substitute at 62nd minute in place of Jani Atanasov.[12]

Personal life

Šabović was born in Skopje, Macedonia as the son of a Montenegrin Albanian father from Plav and a Serbian Albanian mother from Medveđa. He is the great-grandson of the member of the Albanian nationalist organization League of Prizren, Jakup Ferri.[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 May 2022[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Djurgården 2015 Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2016 Allsvenskan 7 1 1 0 – 8 1
2018 Allsvenskan 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2019 Allsvenskan 1 0 2 0 – 3 0
Total 10 1 4 0 0 0 14 1
Brommapojkarna (loan) 2017 Superettan 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
Dalkurd (loan) 2019 Superettan 27 5 0 0 – 27 5
Mjällby 2020 Allsvenskan 27 4 5 0 – 32 4
Kayserispor 2020–21 Süper Lig 11 0 – – 11 0
Khimki 2021–22 RPL 21 1 2 0 – 23 1
Career total 103 11 11 0 0 0 114 11

Honours

Djurgården

References

  1. ^ a b "Zgjodhi Maqedoninë në vend të Shqipërisë, i bie pishman apo te Maqedonia nuk e duan me?" [Chose Macedonia instead of Albania, repented or to Macedonia they no longer want?]. Fussball Albanien (in Albanian). 31 May 2019. Besard Sabovic (Ferri) i lindur ne Shkup, por me babain nga Plava dhe nenen nga Medvegja luan per Djurgadens IF ne Suedi ku po ben paraqitje te mira. Mesfushori 21 vjecar ka luajtur me moshat e Suedise deri ne U19, por thonte se kishte deshire te luante per Shqiperine dhe hiqej si patriot dhe krenohej me faktin se eshte pasardhes i Jakup Ferrit
  2. ^ "Besard Sabovic klar för Djurgården" [Besard Sabovic ready for Djurgården] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Besard Sabovic tar klivet upp i A-truppen" [Besard Sabovic takes the step up the first squad] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Tung uddamålsförlust mot MFF" [Heavy loss of power against MFF] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Kenneth Höie; Tim Björkström, Marcus Hansson, Omar Colley, Elliot Käck; Stefan Karlsson (Moon, 74), Alexander Faltsetas (Sabovic, 77), Kevin Walker, Daniel Berntsen; Mathias Ranégie (Olunga, 31), Sam Johnson
  5. ^ "Officiellt: BP lånar hem Sabovic från Djurgården" [Official: BP lends home Sabovic from Djurgården] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen Europa. 24 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Välkommen till Dalkurd, Besard Sabovic" [Welcome to Dalkurd, Besard Sabovic] (in Swedish). Dalkurd FF. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. ^ Sena mål sänkte KFF – ”Ett enormt tryck”, expressen.se, 1 July 2019
  8. ^ "БЕССАРД САБОВИЧ - В "ХИМКАХ"!" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 22 June 2021.
  9. ^ "МАМАЕВ, ГРИГАЛАВА И САБОВИЧ ПОКИДАЮТ "ХИМКИ"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Besard Sabovic återvänder till Djurgården" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Македонија до 21 година: Благоја Милевски го објави списокот на фудалери за турнирот во Турција" [Blagoja Milevski has published the list of footballers for the tournament in Turkey] (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 14 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Македонија до 21 година поразена од Украина на Анталија куп во Турција" [Macedonia U21 defeated by Ukraine in the Antalya Cup in Turkey] (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 22 March 2019.
  13. ^ Besard Šabović at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2019.