Visar Musliu

Visar Musliu
Personal information
Full name Visar Musliu
Висар Муслиу
Date of birth (1994-11-13) 13 November 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Gostivar, Macedonia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 SC Paderborn
Number 16
Youth career
0000 Gostivar
0000 Renova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Renova 29 (1)
2012 → Gostivar (loan)
2014–2015 St. Gallen U21 0 (0)
2015 → Renova (loan) 13 (1)
2015–2017 Renova 63 (7)
2017–2018 Vardar 11 (1)
2018 Prishtina 0 (0)
2018 → Shkëndija (loan) 15 (2)
2018–2019 Shkëndija 29 (4)
2019–2022 Fehérvár 60 (2)
2022–2023 FC Ingolstadt 39 (1)
2023– SC Paderborn 26 (3)
International career‡
2014–2017 Macedonia U21 12 (0)
2017– North Macedonia 59 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Visar Musliu (Macedonian: Висар Муслиу; born 13 November 1994) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German club SC Paderborn and the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Musliu started his football career in FK Renova where he spent most of his first five years. In between, he also spent six months on loan at FK Gostivar. The summer in 2014, he transferred to Swiss side St. Gallen on a one-year contract, but he didn't get to play there as they sent him back on loan to Renova.

On 3 June 2017, he made a transfer to Macedonian champion FK Vardar where they hired him as a reinforcement for the upcoming Champions League qualifications.[1] In the end, Musliu helped Vardar qualify for the 2017-18 Europa League Group stage, becoming the first Macedonian football club to ever qualify for a European UEFA tournament.[2]

On 5 August 2019, he moved from Shkëndija to Hungarian outfit Fehérvár.[3]

On 19 January 2022, Musliu joined 2. Bundesliga club FC Ingolstadt.[4]

In June 2023, Musliu signed for SC Paderborn following his departure from Ingolstadt.[5]

International career

Musliu was part of the Macedonia national under-21 football team from 2013 to 2017, winning 12 caps. He was part of the first Macedonia U21 generation that qualified for a final tournament[6] where he also got to play in the last game in the groups, coming in as a substitute in the 28th minute for Marjan Radeski in the match against Portugal.[7]

On 2 September 2017, he also made his debut for the senior national team in a World Cup qualifier against Israel, where Visar played the full game and helped his side keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory.[8] As of 1 April 2020, Musliu has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring one goal.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of end of 2022–23 season[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Renova 2012–13 Macedonian First Football League 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2013–14 24 1 0 0 — — 24 1
Total 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
Renova (loan) 2014–15 Macedonian First Football League 13 1 2 0 — — 15 1
Renova 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League 30 3 0 0 2 0 — 32 3
2016–17 33 4 0 0 — — 33 4
Total 63 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 65 7
Vardar 2017–18 Macedonian First Football League 11 1 0 0 6 0 — 17 1
Shkëndija (loan) 2017–18 Macedonian First Football League 15 2 5 3 0 0 — 20 5
Shkëndija 2018–19 Macedonian First Football League 29 4 2 0 8 0 — 39 4
2019–20 0 0 0 0 4 0 — 4 0
Total 29 4 2 0 12 0 0 0 43 4
Fehérvár 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 26 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 35 3
2020–21 26 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 32 0
2021–22 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Total 60 2 13 1 4 0 0 0 77 3
FC Ingolstadt 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 14 1 0 0 — 0 0 14 1
2022–23 3. Liga 25 0 0 0 — 0 0 25 0
Total 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
Career total 259 19 22 4 24 0 0 0 295 23

International

Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Musliu goal.
List of international goals scored by Visar Musliu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 October 2017 Stadion Mladost, Strumica, North Macedonia  Liechtenstein 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ fkvardar.mk Vardar signed Musliu
  2. ^ macedonianfootball.com Vardar reaches Europa League group stage
  3. ^ "Visar Musliu a MOL Fehérvár FC játékosa!" (in Hungarian). Fehérvár FC. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ^ "FCI VERPFLICHTET AKTUELLEN NATIONALSPIELER UND EM-TEILNEHMER MUSLIU" (Press release) (in German). FC Ingolstadt. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. ^ "ERFAHRENER VERTEIDIGER" [EXPERIENCED DEFENDER]. www.scp07.de (in German). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ macedonianfootball.com MKD qualified for EURO U21
  7. ^ UEFA MKD-POR Match Report
  8. ^ UEFA ISR-MKD Match Report
  9. ^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team – RSSSF
  10. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  11. ^ Visar Musliu at National-Football-Teams.com