:Egzon Bejtullai

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Egzon Bejtullai

| image = Egzon Bejtullai.jpg

| caption = Bejtullai with Shkëndija in 2018

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|01|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tetovo, Macedonia

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Right-back, centre-back

| currentclub = Drita

| clubnumber = 15

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011 | youthclubs1 = Teteks

| years1 = 2011–2013 | clubs1 = Teteks | caps1 = 52 | goals1 = 9

| years2 = 2013–2019 | clubs2 = Shkendija | caps2 = 165 | goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2020 | clubs3 = Helsingborg | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2023 | clubs4 = Shkendija | caps4 = 80 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2023 | clubs5 = Gjilani | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024– | clubs6 = Drita | caps6 = 31 | goals6 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2014 | nationalteam1 = Macedonia U19 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2014–2017 | nationalteam2 = Macedonia U21 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2018–2023 | nationalteam3 = North Macedonia | nationalcaps3 = 27 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 5 January 2025

| nationalteam-update = 12 November 2023

}}

Egzon Bejtullai ({{langx|mk|Егзон Бејтулаи}}; born 7 January 1994) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Drita and North Macedonia national team.

Club career

He started his career at FK Teteks, a local club. He made his professional debut in a match against FK Metalurg Skopje on July 30, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/07/30/macedonia-fyr/first-league/fk-metalurg-skopje/teteks/1147249/|title=Metallurg vs. Teteks 2–0|publisher=soccerway|date=2011-07-31|accessdate=2021-07-19}}

In the summer of 2013, he transferred to KF Shkëndija. He scored his first professional goal against FK Skopje on November 19, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/19/macedonia-fyr/first-league/kf-shkendija-79-tetovo/fk-skopje/2535073/|title=Shkendija vs. Skopje 4–0|publisher=soccerway|date=2017-11-19|accessdate=2021-07-19}}

He transferred to Helsingborgs IF in January 2020, but failed to get a chance to play, so he returned to his old home KF Shkëndija in June of the same year.

International career

Bejtullai is of Albanian Macedonian descent. Bejtullai was a regular in the Macedonia U21 team and performed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland, where he served as first right back choice.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2021137--spain-vs-north-macedonia/lineups/ |title=UEFA Euro 2017 match report against Spain |website=UEFA}}

In May 2016 and March 2017 he also received call-ups for Macedonia in friendlies against Azerbaijan,{{cite web |url=http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8150 |title=Match report against Azerbaijan |website=MacedonianFootball.com}} Iran and Belarus, but he did not make his debut until 6 September 2018 during the first round of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D competition, when he entered the game against Gibraltar in the 85th minute.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2024122--gibraltar-vs-fyr-macedonia/lineups/ |title=Match report against Gibraltar |website=UEFA |quote=Egzon Bejtulai}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=30395|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=7 March 2020}}

During North Macedonia's opening fixture of the tournament against Austria, immediatedly after striker Marko Arnautović (who is half-Serbian) scored, Arnautović angrily shouted towards Bejtullai and teammate Ezgjan Alioski –both of Albanian descent–what were believed to be anti-Albanian slurs. Football Federation of Macedonia released a statement calling for action by UEFA.{{Cite web|date=14 June 2021|title=North Macedonia call on Uefa to investigate Marko Arnautović remarks|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/14/north-macedonia-fa-calls-on-uefa-to-investigate-marko-arnautovic-remarks|access-date=15 June 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite news|title=I'm not a racist, says Arnautović|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57472809|access-date=15 June 2021}}

In 2021, he was selected by the coach Igor Angelovski to compete in the UEFA Euro 2020.