Bardhec Bytyqi

Bardhec Ahmet Bytyqi (Albanian pronunciation: [byˈtytʃi]; born 8 January 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Esbjerg fB.

Bardhec Bytyqi
Personal information
Full name Bardhec Ahmet Bytyqi
Date of birth (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997
Place of birth Nørresundby, Denmark[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Esbjerg
Number 7
Youth career
Nørresundby
0000–2005 NUBI
2005–2016 AaB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 AaB 1 (0)
2018 → Skive (loan) 9 (1)
2019 → Jammerbugt (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2022 Jammerbugt 64 (17)
2022– Esbjerg 28 (0)
International career‡
2017 Albania U21 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2017

In the course of his career, Bytyqi has played professionally for AaB, Skive IK, Jammerbugt FC, and Esbjerg fB. Internationally, he has played for the Albania national U21 team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Nørresundby, Denmark, to Albanian parents,[3] Bytyqi started playing football with his hometown club Nørresundby,[4] from where he moved to Nr. Uttrup & Bouet Idrætsforening (NUBI), before moving to the youth academy of AaB at age 8.[5][6] Following impressive performances with under-19 where he scored also 1 goal, in July 2016, he was promoted to the AaB first team alongside six other youth players, including Joakim Mæhle and Magnus Christensen.[6]

AaB

He made his senior debut for AaB on 7 September 2016 in a local match in the Danish Cup against his hometown club Nørresundby, playing the entire match in a 1–5 away win, assisting Thomas Enevoldsen's 2–0 goal in the first half.[4] Meanwhile during the 2016–17 season he played 8 matches for the under-19 scoring also 6 goals.[7] On 6 July 2017, it was announced that Bytyqi had signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him in Aalborg until 30 June 2019.[3]

Loan to Skive

In the 2017–18 season first-half, he was part of the team in 7 league matches and 1 cup match without playing any minute.[8][9] Bytyqi was sent on a six-month loan to the second-tier 1st Division club Skive IK in January 2018, as Bytyqi had no prospect of first-team in AaB.[10] He managed to make nine appearances and score a goal for Skive in the Danish 2nd Division in the spring of 2018.[9] The one goal came on 17 April against FC Roskilde, described as a "dream goal".[11][12]

Return to AaB

He returned to AaB in the summer of 2018 as his loan deal expired.[13] He made his debut in the Danish Superliga on 27 August 2018, when he came on as a substitute in the 87th minute instead of Kristoffer Pallesen in a 0–1 defeat at home to Esbjerg fB.[14] In addition to his Superliga debut, he made only one appearance in the autumn of 2018 on 26 September 2018 in a 0–5 away win over FC Roskilde in the Danish Cup.[7]

Jammerbugt

Due to lacking prospects of playing time in AaB in the spring of 2019, Bytyqi was loaned out to Jammerbugt FC in the 2nd Division for the rest of the season on 24 January 2019.[15] He managed to score a goal on 13 April 2019 against Kjellerup which served to open the scoring but however wasn't enough as eventually the match was lost away 3–2.[16] When the loan deal expired in the summer of 2019, he left AaB permanently at the end of the season, as his contract terminated.[17][5]

Bytyqi continued on a permanent contract with Jammerbugt.[18] Bytyqi played 4 matches during the 2019–20 Danish 2nd Divisions.[7] In the next season 2020–21 he managed to score 10 goals in 7 matches in the 2020–21 Danish 2nd Divisions and 2 more goals in 3 cup matches to help his team in getting the promotion to the Danish 1st Division.[7] In June 2021, Bytyqi signed a new one-year deal with Jammerbugt.[19]

In the 2021–22 Danish 1st Division first half, he was an undisputed starter playing 15 consecutive full 90-minutes matches with 2 upcomings being substituted off in the second half and managing 3 goals.[9]

Esbjerg

He moved to Esbjerg fB on 10 January 2022 for the second part of the season on a deal until the end of 2024, in order to help the team to avoid relegation.[20] He was an unused substitute in the first match in February, but managed to play in all three matches of the March in where Esbjerg failed to score any goal taking only one goalless draw in which Bytyqi managed to play the full 90-minutes. Esbjerg was put in relegation group where played 10 more matches with Bytyqi mostly as a starter, but receiving lack of results collecting only 1 win and 5 draws relegating in the 2nd Division after finishing in the penultimate place of the ranking.[9]

In the 2022–23 Danish 2nd Division he lost his starting place playing often as a substitute.[7]

International career

Bytyqi was first called up for the Albania national U21 team by just appointed coach Alban Bushi for a gathering in Durrës, Albania from 18–25 January 2017.[21] He was recalled two months later in two friendly matches against Moldova on 25 and 27 March 2017.[22] In the second match played at Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Bytyqi scored in the second half of a match that Albania won 2–0 after a goal by Kristal Abazaj in the first half.[23]

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

He was later called up for the friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2 against Estonia on 12 June.[24] The day before the friendly against France, however, he suffered an injury, causing him to miss both matches.[25] On 22 August 2017 he received Albanian citizenship, thus becoming eligible to play also in the competitive matches.[26] He was called up only in 2 matches of the 2019 UEFA Euro U-21 qualification Group 2 against Iceland on 10 October 2017 and Northern Ireland on 10 November 2017, being an unused substitute against the former and playing last minutes against the later which ended in a 1–1 home draw.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 January 2023[7][9][8]
Club statistics
Club Season League Danish Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AaB 2016–17 Danish Superliga 0010——10
2017–18 0000——00
2018–19 1010——20
Total 1020——30
Skive 2017–18 Danish 1st Division 91———91
Jammerbugt 2018–19 Danish 2nd Division 11———11
2019–20 40———40
2020–21 71032——1012
2021–22 Danish 1st Division 17320——193
Total 291452——3416
Esbjerg 2021–22 Danish 1st Division 130———130
2022–23 Danish 2nd Division 10010——110
Total 23010——240
Career total 621582——7017
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League

References
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  2. Bardhec Bytyqi at WorldFootball.net
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  4. "Bytyqi udtaget til Albaniens U/21-landshold". Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. Knive Anderson, Mick (24 January 2019). "Farvel til førsteholdet og AaB: AaB udlejer Bytyqi". TV 2/Nord (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. "Seks talenter avancerer til Superligatruppen". Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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  8. Bardhec Bytyqi at FootballDatabase.eu
  9. Bardhec Bytyqi at Soccerway
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  11. "Bytyqi scorede drømmemål". Skive Her (in Danish). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  12. Andersen, Peter (16 April 2018). "Lækker afslutning: Se Skives drømmemål mod Roskilde (video)". Skive Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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  14. Estrup, Rasmus (27 August 2018). "Skuffende hjemmebanenederlag til Esbjerg fB". Aalborg Boldspilklub (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  15. "Jammerbugt FC henter forstærkning i AaB". jammerbugtfc.dk. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  16. "Kjellerup vs Jammerbugt - Denmark Third Division 2019: all the info, lineups and events". BeSoccer. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  17. Jasper, Thomas (24 January 2019). "AaB-back tager til Jammerbugt". Nordjyske (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  18. Margren, Sara (4 July 2019). "Jammerbugt beholder tidligere AaB'er". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  19. "Jammerbugt forlænger med offensiv profil". bold.dk. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  20. "EfB tilknytter Bardhec Bytyqi". efb.dk. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  21. "Alban Bushi: Ja emrat për grumbullimin e parë në Durrës". FSHF.org. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  22. "Kombëtarja U-21, pak risi në miqësoret ndaj Moldavisë". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  23. "Shpresat fitojne me Moldavine". Albanian Football Association (in Albanian). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  24. "Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë". Albanian Football Association (in Albanian). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  25. "Alban Bushi i mërzitur pas barazimit: Nuk na deshi fati, do të vëzhgoj 80 futbollistë të rinj". NewsSport (in Albanian). 12 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  26. "Dekret për dhënie të shtetësisë shqiptare nr. 10596" [Decree on granting Albanian citizenship no. 10596] (in Albanian). President of Albania. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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