Bajram Fetai
Albanian footballer (born 1985)
 Fetai in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Tetovo, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | B.93 | 26 | (10) |
| 2004–2005 | Rangers | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Inverness CT (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2005-2006 | Silkeborg | 18 | (2) |
| 2006–2010 | Nordsjælland | 127 | (27) |
| 2011–2012 | Lyngby | 42 | (6) |
| 2012–2014 | Denizlispor | 36 | (8) |
| 2014–2016 | FC Roskilde | 55 | (16) |
| Total | 314 | (69) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (4) |
| 2005 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (2) |
| 2009 | Danish League XI | 2 | (4) |
| 2010–2013 | Macedonia | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2021 | Nordsjælland (academy) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bajram Fetai (Macedonian: Бајрам Фетаи; born 7 September 1985) is a Macedonian football coach, former player, and actor. He is of Albanian ethnicity.
Club career
He spent the early part of his career in Scotland, where he was a youth player at Rangers. At Rangers he made one first team appearance against Dunfermline in March 2004.[2] The following season he had a loan spell at Inverness Caledonian Thistle[3] before leaving Rangers for Silkeborg in 2005.[4]
In 2010, he gained infamy after his "violent goal celebration" scoring for FC Nordsjælland against his old club Silkeborg, was widely distributed on the internet.[5]
Fetai retired from football after his contract with FC Roskilde was terminated on 1 September 2016.[6]
International career
He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a November 2010 friendly match against Albania and has earned a total of four caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 2013 friendly against Sweden.[7]
Coaching career
In January 2017, Fetai was appointed coach in FC Nordsjælland's academy responsible for integration across levels.[8] He held multiple positions in the Nordsjælland organisation, but left in January 2022 to focus on a café he owned in Copenhagen.[9]
Acting career
Fetai made his acting debut in 2022, after being cast in the role as Flori in Nicolas Winding Refn's television series Copenhagen Cowboy.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Copenhagen Cowboy | Flori | 2 episodes[citation needed] |
References
- ^ Bajram Fetai national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- ^ "Rangers 4-1 Dunfermline". rangers.co.uk. 23 March 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "SPL transfer window signings". BBC. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Fetai completes Silkeborg switch". BBC. 13 August 2005. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Snyder, Whitney (23 April 2010). "Bajram Fetai Goal Celebration: Huge Fight, Brutal Execution (VIDEO)". HuffPost. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Bajram Fetai får ophævet sin kontrakt". FC Roskilde (in Danish). 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Bajram Fetai, international football player". EU-Football. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Fetai vender hjem som træner". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
- ^ Porse, Kristian (18 January 2022). "Bajram Fetai forlader FC Nordsjælland". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bajram Fetai.
- Bajram Fetai national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Bajram Fetai at IMDb
- Bajram Fetai at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bajram Fetai at Macedonian Football
- Bajram Fetai at DanskFodbold.com
- Bajram Fetai at Soccerway
