Agon Elezi

Agon Elezi
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VfL Bochum
Number 17
Youth career
2014–2016 Shkupi
2016 Brooke House College
2017–2018 Caen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Shkupi 2 (0)
2018–2019 Vëllazërimi 77
2019–2020 Skënderbeu 22 (0)
2020–2024 Varaždin 60 (6)
2024– VfL Bochum 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Macedonia U17 5 (0)
2018 Macedonia U18 1 (2)
2019 Macedonia U19 3 (0)
2019–2022 North Macedonia U21 9 (0)
2022– North Macedonia 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Agon Elezi (Macedonian: Агон Елези; born 1 March 2001) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.

Club career

Born in Skopje, Macedonia, he played for Shkupi in the Macedonian First League between 2014 and 2016. In 2016 he attended Brooke House College Football Academy in Market Harborough. The Academy plays fixtures in Cup Competitions, including ISFA, ESFA & County Cups. Alongside these competitions, players will play in a competitive game Programme from Professional Clubs to School sides. In the 2017–18 season Elezi signed a contract with the French side Caen where he spent a year of his youth career playing here.

On 30 January 2024, Elezi signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga.[1]

International career

Elezi was part of the Macedonia U21 national team. In the past, he was part of the U19 and U17 teams as well.[2]

On 23 September 2022, he made his debut for the Macedonian national team in a UEFA Nations League match against Georgia. As of February 2023, he has earned a total of two caps.

Honours

Varaždin

References

  1. ^ "VfL nimmt Agon Elezi unter Vertrag" [VfL signs Agon Elezi] (in German). VfL Bochum. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ Agon Elezi Archived 11 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine at UEFA.com


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