Emil Abaz

Emil Abaz
Abaz with North Macedonia U21 in 2019
Personal information
Full name Emil Abaz
Date of birth (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cappellen
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2013 Beerschot
2013–2016 Anderlecht
2016 Dinamo Zagreb
2017 Spartak Subotica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Dinamo Zagreb II 7 (0)
2017 Spartak Subotica 22 (0)
2018–2019 Beerschot Wilrijk 11 (0)
2019–2020 Borec 21 (0)
2020–2023 Rupel Boom 17 (5)
2023– Cappellen 0 (0)
International career
Belgium U16
2014 Macedonia U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Macedonia U19 6 (0)
2017–2019 North Macedonia U21 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2023

Emil Abaz (Macedonian: Емил Абаз; born 17 January 1998) is a Macedonian professional footballer. He also holds Belgian citizenship.[1]

Club career

Born in Skopje,[2] he played with Beerschot A.C.[1] before joining the youth team of Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2013.[3] He played for Anderlecht in the semi-finals of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League against Chelsea.[4]

In summer 2016 he signed with Croatian club GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Abaz played for Dinamo in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League[4] and with Dinamo Zagreb II in the 2016–17 Croatian Second League.[5]

In January 2017, during the winter-break, he left Dinamo Zagreb and signed with Serbian club FK Spartak Subotica.[6] He made his debut in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga in the 26th round played on 12 March 2017, in an away game against FK Rad, a 3–0 defeat.[7] At the beginning of 2018, Abaz mutually terminated the contract with Spartak, and left the club as a free agent.[8]

International career

As a Romani[2] born in Skopje, he represented initially Belgium where he was living, playing for Belgium U-16.[9] Then he switched and started playing for Macedonia. He made appearances for Macedonia U-17 and U-19 national teams.[5][4]

On 24 March 2017, he made his debut for the Macedonia U-21 national team, entering the game in the 69th minute as a substitute for the captain Petar Petkovski, in a friendly match against Montenegro U-21 that Macedonia won with 2–0.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b 'Anderlecht neemt afscheid van jeugdinternational' at voetbalnieuws.be, 21-6-2016, retrieved 12-3-2017 (in Northern Ndebele)
  2. ^ a b Emil Abaz has signed for Dinamo Zagreb by Ramuš Muarem, at romatimes.news, 6-9-20166, retrieved 12-3-2017
  3. ^ Emil Abaz at zerozero.pt
  4. ^ a b c Emil Abaz at UEFA.com
  5. ^ a b Emil Abaz profile at Soccerway
  6. ^ Iz zagrebačkog Dinama u Superligu Srbije at sportskacentrala.com, 25-1-2017, retrieved 12-3-2017 (in Serbian)
  7. ^ Rad vs Spartak ŽK match report at superliga.rs
  8. ^ Суботичани желе излазак на европску сцену at vojvodjanskevesti.rs, 10-1-2018, retrieved 17-2-2018 (in Serbian)
  9. ^ Emil Abaz at talentshunter.eu
  10. ^ Macedonia U21 – Montenegro U21 report at ffm.mk