Bekim Kastrati

Bekim Kastrati (born 25 March 1979) is an Albania former professional footballer[1] who played the majority of his career in Germany.

Bekim Kastrati
Personal information
Full name Bekim Kastrati
Date of birth (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979
Place of birth Peć, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
Budućnost Peć
Germania Geistenbeck
0000–2000 1. FC Mönchengladbach
2000–2001 SC Wegberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 FC Wegberg-Beeck 22 (4)
2002–2003 Aris Thessaloniki 0 (0)
2003–2004 Borussia Freialdenhoven 34 (13)
2004–2006 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 58 (41)
2005–2006 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 (0)
2006–2007 Eintracht Braunschweig 6 (1)
2006–2007 → Eintracht Braunschweig II 2 (1)
2007–2009 Fortuna Düsseldorf 37 (5)
2007–2009 → Fortuna Düsseldorf II 7 (2)
2009–2010 Dynamo Dresden 8 (0)
2009–2010 → Dynamo Dresden II 1 (2)
2010 Bonner SC 10 (5)
2010–2012 Wuppertaler SV Borussia 34 (5)
Total 223 (79)
National team
2006 Albania 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

He is a striker who had joined Bonn from Dynamo Dresden in January 2010, switching to Wuppertaler SV Borussia in May. Prior to playing for Düsseldorf he had played for a number of German clubs including Fortuna Düsseldorf, Eintracht Braunschweig and Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Injury

In January 2008, Fortuna Düsseldorf hosted the SWD Wintercup, inviting Bundesliga sides SV Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen over for a short one-day tournament. Fortuna won it, beating Dortmund 1–0 in the final. The winning goal was scored by Kastrati. A few days later, Fortuna played a friendly against Bayern Munich. Bayern won 3–2, thanks to goals by Jan Schlaudraff and Luca Toni. Kastrati had a chance to equalise in the 89th minute, but he unfortunately crashed into Bayern's third choice keeper Bernd Dreher. It was this incident where he suffered a fractured testicle and had to be brought to a hospital to undergo an emergency operation.

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a March 2006 friendly match against Georgia in Tirana and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a September 2006 European Championship qualification match against Romania.[2]

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References
  1. "Bekim Kastrati". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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