Besard Sabovic

Besard Sabovic (Macedonian: Бесард Шабовиќ, Albanian: Besard Shaboviq or Besard Ferri; born 5 January 1998) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a centre midfielder for Mjällby. He previously represented Sweden at youth international level.

Besard Sabovic
Personal information
Full name Besard Sabovic
Date of birth (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Centre midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Mjällby
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2015 Brommapojkarna
2015–2016 Djurgården
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Djurgården 10 (1)
2017 → Brommapojkarna (loan) 6 (0)
2019 → Dalkurd (loan) 27 (5)
2020– Mjällby 0 (0)
National team‡
2014 Sweden U17 3 (0)
2016 Sweden U18 4 (0)
2016–2017 Sweden U19 7 (0)
2019– North Macedonia U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2019

Club career

Early career

Sabovic started out playing for Brommapojkarna at age five. He took part in the TV4-show called Fotbollsfabriken (The Football Factory), which plotted the best 15-years old players in the Brommapojkarna's academy.

Djurgården

Youth

On 18 February 2015, Sabovic joined with Djurgården, on a three-year under-21 contract.[2]

Senior

On 12 January 2016, Sabovic was promoted to the first team and signed a four-year contract.[3] On 24 April 2016, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Malmö after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Alexander Faltsetas.[4]

Return to Brommapojkarna as loan

On 24 March 2017, Sabovic returned to Superettan side Brommapojkarna, on a season-long loan.[5] On 1 April 2017, he made his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Dalkurd after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of Markus Gustafsson.

Loan at Dalkurd

On 29 March 2019, Sabovic joined Superettan side Dalkurd, on a season-long loan with the opportunity to playing for Djurgårdens during the loan spell also.[6] On 7 April 2019, he made his debut in a 0–4 home defeat against the former club Brommapojkarna after being named in the starting line-up.

On 1 July 2019, Sabovic was called up for a game for Djurgårdens against Kalmar FF, where he was subbed in for the last few minutes.[7]

International career

North Macedonia

Under-21

On 14 March 2019, Sabovic was named as part of the North Macedonia U21 squad for 2019 Antalya Cup.[8] On 22 March 2019, he made his debut with North Macedonia U21 in a match against Ukraine U21 after coming on as a substitute at 62nd minute in place of Jani Atanasov.[9]

Personal life

Sabovic was born in Skopje, Macedonia to Albanian parents, respectively the father from Plav, Montenegro and the mother from Medveđa, Serbia and he is the great-grandson of the member of the nationalist Albanian League of Prizren, Jakup Ferri.[1]

Career statistics

Club
As of 3 November 2019[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Djurgården 2015 Allsvenskan 0000—00
2016 7110—81
2017 0000—00
2018 200000—20
2019 1000—10
Total 1011000—111
Brommapojkarna (loan) 2017 Superettan 6000—60
Dalkurd (loan) 2019 27500—275
Total 33500—335
Career total 4361000—446

Honours

Club
Djurgården

References
  1. "Zgjodhi Maqedoninë në vend të Shqipërisë, i bie pishman apo te Maqedonia nuk e duan me?" [Chose Macedonia instead of Albania, repented or to Macedonia they no longer want?]. Fussball Albanien (in Albanian). 31 May 2019. Besard Sabovic (Ferri) i lindur ne Shkup, por me babain nga Plava dhe nenen nga Medvegja luan per Djurgadens IF ne Suedi ku po ben paraqitje te mira. Mesfushori 21 vjecar ka luajtur me moshat e Suedise deri ne U19, por thonte se kishte deshire te luante per Shqiperine dhe hiqej si patriot dhe krenohej me faktin se eshte pasardhes i Jakup Ferrit
  2. "Besard Sabovic klar för Djurgården" [Besard Sabovic ready for Djurgården] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015.
  3. "Besard Sabovic tar klivet upp i A-truppen" [Besard Sabovic takes the step up the first squad] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016.
  4. "Tung uddamålsförlust mot MFF" [Heavy loss of power against MFF] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Kenneth Höie; Tim Björkström, Marcus Hansson, Omar Colley, Elliot Käck; Stefan Karlsson (Moon, 74), Alexander Faltsetas (Sabovic, 77), Kevin Walker, Daniel Berntsen; Mathias Ranégie (Olunga, 31), Sam Johnson
  5. "Officiellt: BP lånar hem Sabovic från Djurgården" [Official: BP lends home Sabovic from Djurgården] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen Europa. 24 March 2017.
  6. "Välkommen till Dalkurd, Besard Sabovic" [Welcome to Dalkurd, Besard Sabovic] (in Swedish). Dalkurd FF. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. Sena mål sänkte KFF – ”Ett enormt tryck”, expressen.se, 1 July 2019
  8. "Македонија до 21 година: Благоја Милевски го објави списокот на фудалери за турнирот во Турција" [Blagoja Milevski has published the list of footballers for the tournament in Turkey] (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 14 March 2019.
  9. "Македонија до 21 година поразена од Украина на Анталија куп во Турција" [Macedonia U21 defeated by Ukraine in the Antalya Cup in Turkey] (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 22 March 2019.
  10. Besard Sabovic at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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