Fanol Përdedaj

Fanol Përdedaj (born 16 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Regionalliga Südwest club FC 08 Homburg.[1] He represented the Kosovo national team and previously played for Germany national under-21 football team.

Fanol Përdedaj
Përdedaj with Hertha BSC in 2011.
Personal information
Full name Fanol Përdedaj
Date of birth (1991-07-16) 16 July 1991
Place of birth Gjakova, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC 08 Homburg
Number 17
Youth career
0000 TSV Lichtenberg
0000–2002 1. FC Wilmersdorf
2002–2009 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Hertha BSC II 51 (3)
2009–2013 Hertha BSC 25 (0)
2012–2013 → Lyngby (loan) 22 (0)
2014–2015 Energie Cottbus 48 (0)
2015–2016 FSV Frankfurt 30 (3)
2016–2017 1860 Munich 14 (0)
2018–2021 1. FC Saarbrücken 80 (13)
2021–2022 Würzburger Kickers 27 (0)
2022– FC 08 Homburg 35 (7)
International career‡
2009–2010 Germany U19 5 (0)
2010–2014 Germany U21 1 (0)
2014–2017 Kosovo 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:26, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020

Youth career

Përdedaj moved to Germany after his birth and began his career for TSV Lichtenberg, and later he came to 1. FC Wilmersdorf. In July 2002, he transferred to the junior section of Hertha BSC.

Club career

In the 2009–10 pre-season, he was called to the professional squad by his coach Lucien Favre. However, he was only used for the second team in the Regionalliga Nord and he was on the bench repeatedly for the first team.

Due to the injuries of Fabian Lustenberger and Pál Dárdai, Perdedaj debuted for the first team on 14 August 2010 in the first round match of DFB-Pokal against SC Pfullendorf, where they won 2–0.[2]

Six days later, Përdedaj played for the first time in a match of the 2. Bundesliga where they won against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 3–2. Over the course of that season, Perdedaj went on to make 15 more appearances in the 2. Bundesliga.

In November 2010, he renewed his contract with Hertha BSC until 2015. On 4 March 2012, Përdedaj made his Bundesliga debut. In an interview following this match, Hertha-coach Otto Rehhagel nicknamed him "Paradise", partly due to his performance in the match, partly due to the fact that Rehhagel could not pronounce "Përdedaj" correctly.[3] Perdedaj went on to play in seven of Hertha's ten remaining games that season.

The following season, he left Hertha on the last day of the summer transfer window, and signed a loan deal with Lyngby Boldklub.[4] In his first six months in Denmark, Përdedaj struggled to establish himself as a starter for Lyngnby, starting eight of nineteen matches before the winter break, and coming on as substitute in another four. He briefly returned to Berlin in January to participate in the Hertha BSC training camp to stay fit over the break, which is much longer in Denmark than in Germany.[5]

He signed a contract with FC Energie Cottbus on 17 January 2014 for a year and a half.[6]

International career

Youth

Having received German citizenship on 21 September 2009,[7] Përdedaj has represented Germany at various youth levels. He was first nominated for the German U19 team by Horst Hrubesch where he debuted on 18 November 2009 in a match against Scotland and he featured repeatedly in qualifying for the 2010 U19-European Championship, but missed the finals due to injury.

He made his debut for the U-21 team on 11 October 2010 in a match against the Ukraine, coming on as a substitute for Christoph Moritz.

Kosovo

He then made his senior debut for Kosovo in a March 2014 friendly match against Haiti and has, as of January 2020, earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals.[8]

References
  1. Fanol Përdedaj at WorldFootball.net
  2. Einsiedler, Martin (14 August 2010). "Herthas erste Pflicht ist erfüllt" (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. "Otto, pass auf!" [Otto, watch out!] (in German). DFL. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. "Perdedaj nach Dänemark" [Perdedaj to Denmark] (in German). DFL. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  5. "Perdedaj für Vorbereitung zurück in Berlin" [Perdedaj back in Berlin for training camp] (in German). DFL. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  6. "FC Energie - Fanol Perdedaj und Ahmed Madouni verpflichtet" (in German). niederlausitz-aktuell.de. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  7. "Fanol Perdedaj gets German Pass" (in German). Hertha BSC. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  8. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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