Agim Ajdarević

Agim Ajdarević
Personal information
Birth name Agim Hajdari
Date of birth (1969-05-07) 7 May 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Medveđa, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Ozren Sokobanja
1988 Radnički Pirot 11 (5)
1988–1989 Radnički Niš 4 (0)
1989–1990 Liria Prizren 34 (13)
1990–1991 Sloboda Užice 18 (1)
1991–1992 Spartak Subotica 1 (0)
1992–1999 Falkenbergs FF 175 (105)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Agim Ajdarević (born 7 May 1969) is a Yugoslav retired footballer.

Club career

He started playing in Serbian lower-league side FK Ozren Sokobanja from where he joined second-level FK Radnički Pirot.[1] Then, he played with Serbian side FK Radnički Niš in the 1988–89 Yugoslav First League,[2] then with Serbian/Kosovar side Liria Prizren in the 1989–90 Yugoslav Second League,[2] then with Serbian side FK Sloboda Užice in the 1990–91 Yugoslav Second League,[3][4] and finally with Serbian side FK Spartak Subotica in the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League.[5]

In 1992, while on holidays in Sweden, Yugoslav Wars started and Ajdarević family decided to stay.[6] Several Swedish clubs were interested in signing him, but, since he had professional contract with Spartak Subotica, any club would need to pay a transfer-fee. Falkenbergs FF went ahead and Agim Ajdarević in the following years scored 105 goals in 175 games for FFF.[6]

Personal life

According to Albanian press, the family real surname was Hajdari but Yugoslavian Govrenment switched it to "Ajdarević".[7]

His sons, Astrit Ajdarević born in 1990, Arben Ajdarević born in 1995, and Alfred Ajdarević born in 1998, also became footballers.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Asovi Yu-fudbala", page 16 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ a b A-Z players stats from YUgoslav First and Second Leagues at zerodic.com
  3. ^ FK SLoboda Užice 1990/91 season Archived 25 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine at fksloboda.org
  4. ^ Note: zerodic.com and some other websites by mistake write FK Sloboda Tuzla instead of FK Sloboda Užice. Agim Ajdarević definitely played with the Užice one.
  5. ^ Tempo Almanah YU fudbala 91./92. page 28 (in Serbian)
  6. ^ a b Historien om Astrit Ajdarevic at svenskafans.com, 12-6-2007, retrieved 23-10-2016 (in Swedish)
  7. ^ "Një ëndërr e bërë realitet, Ajdarevic: Te Shqipëria jo për famë, por për të dhënë gjithçka nga vetja për gjithë shqiptarët" (in Albanian). Albsport. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017. Fjala është për futbollistin nga Kosova, Astrit Hajdari por që u detyrua ta ndërrojnë mbiemrin pasi babai i tij ishte futbollist në ish-Jugosllvai dhe ia bënë Ajdarevic.
  8. ^ Offside at footballinfinland.wordpress.com, 25-7-2007, retrieved 23-10-2016

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