Julian Bibleka

Julian Bibleka (born 4 May 1996), is a Kosovar[1] professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for German club 1.FC Kaan-Marienborn and the Kosovo national football team.

Julian Bibleka

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-05-04) 4 May 1996
Place of birth	Barilevë, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	1.FC Kaan-Marienborn
Number	35
Youth career
	SSV Frohnhausen
	JSG Mittenaar/Siegbach/Burg
	VfB Gießen
0000–2010	TSG Wieseck
2010–2015	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015	05 Oberrad	19	(0)
2016–2019	TSV Steinbach	8	(0)
2019	Rot-Weiß Koblenz	4	(0)
2020–	1.FC Kaan-Marienborn	3	(0)
National team^‡
2012	Albania U17	1	(0)
2014–	Kosovo	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:06, 20 August 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2014

Club career

Early career

Bibleka started his youth career at SSV Frohnhausen, a local academy in Germany. Then he played for various fellow German club academies such as JSG Mittenaar/Siegbach/Burg, VfB Gießen, TSG Wieseck, before he joined the Eintracht Frankfurt academies in 2010.[2] With Eintracht Frankfurt Bibleka won the Hessen cup by defeating FSV Frankfurt U-19 3–1 in a match in which Bibleka was considered decisive with several saves.[3]

International career

Being of Albanian descent, in April 2013 Bibleka participated in a gathering of young Albanians footballers born in 1997–1998 and 1995–1996 even, organised by the FSHF (Albanian Football Association) in Switzerland with the participations of the Albania national under-17 football team and Albania national under-19 football team respective coaches at the time, Džemal Mustedanagić and Foto Strakosha.[4] Bibleka became one of 12 young talents suggested to FSHF by Jetmir Salihu (a simple Albanian football fan part of Tifozat Kuq e Zi, which later became a representative of FSHF for Kosovo) to be selected to the Albania national youth football teams at least one time.[5]

Kosovo

Bibleka was called up to Kosovo national football team by the coach Albert Bunjaki for the two FIFAs sanctioned matches against Turkey and Senegal in May 2014.[6] He made it his first debut for Kosovo on 25 May 2014 against Senegal, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute in place of Kushtrim Mushica in a 3–1 loss.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2015 [8]

Season	Club	League country	League		League Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2015–16	SpVgg 05 Oberrad	Hessenliga	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

International

As of 25 May 2014 [9]

Kosovo national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	1	0
Total	1	0

References

1. http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=1484
2. Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. | Julian Bibleka Eintracht-Frankfurt.de
3. Gjermani/ Biblekaj dhe Leka fitojne Kupën e Hessenit AlbaniaSoccer.com
4. Seleksionimi i Zvicres FSHF.org
5. TIFOZI që bëri "SHQIPËRINË ETNIKE" aSport.al "12 talentet: Fatlum Ramadani (Kosovë), Lorik Aliu (Kosovë), Arbnor Fejzullahi (Lugina e Preshevës), Krenar Ramadani (Maqedoni), Enis Gavazaj (Kosovë), Liridon Latifi (Kosovë), Gjelbrim Taipi (Lugina e Preshevës), Julian Bibleka (Kosovë), Albert Stublla (Kosovë), Berat Beqiri (Maqedoni), Milot Rashica (Kosovë), Rinor Taipi (Lugina e Preshevës), janë 12-lojtarët që nëpërmjet Jetmir Salihut deri më tash janë bërë pjesë e grupmoshave të Kombëtares, U-17, U-19 dhe U-21."
6. Dy miqësoret, Bunjaku shpall listën e Kosovës Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Panorama Sport
7. Senegal v Kosovo national team, 25 May 2014 EU-Football.info
8. Julian Bibleka at Soccerway
9. Julian Bibleka - national football team player EU-Football.info

External links

• Julian Bibleka at Soccerway
• Julian Bibleka at FuPa