Visar Musliu
{{short description|Macedonian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Visar Musliu
|image = Visar Musliu (cropped).png
|full_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|11|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = Gostivar, Macedonia
|height = 1.87 m
|position = Centre-back
|currentclub = Sint-Truiden
|clubnumber = 26
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}
|youthclubs1 = Gostivar
|youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}
|youthclubs2 = Renova
|years1 = 2012–2014
|clubs1 = Renova
|caps1 = 29
|goals1 = 1
|years2 = 2012
|clubs2 = → Gostivar (loan)
|caps2 =
|goals2 =
|years3 = 2014–2015
|clubs3 = St. Gallen U21
|caps3 = 0
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2015
|clubs4 = → Renova (loan)
|caps4 = 13
|goals4 = 1
|years5 = 2015–2017
|clubs5 = Renova
|caps5 = 63
|goals5 = 7
|years6 = 2017–2018
|clubs6 = Vardar
|caps6 = 11
|goals6 = 1
|years7 = 2018
|clubs7 = Prishtina
|caps7 = 0
|goals7 = 0
|years8 = 2018
|clubs8 = → Shkëndija (loan)
|caps8 = 15
|goals8 = 2
|years9 = 2018–2019
|clubs9 = Shkëndija
|caps9 = 29
|goals9 = 4
|years10 = 2019–2022
|clubs10 = Fehérvár
|caps10 = 60
|goals10 = 2
|years11 = 2022–2023
|clubs11 = FC Ingolstadt
|caps11 = 39
|goals11 = 1
|years12 = 2023–2025
|clubs12 = SC Paderborn
|caps12 = 33
|goals12 = 3
|years13 = 2025–
|clubs13 = Sint-Truiden
|caps13 = 0
|goals13 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2014–2017
|nationalteam1 = Macedonia U21
|nationalcaps1 = 12
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2017–
|nationalteam2 = North Macedonia
|nationalcaps2 = 59
|nationalgoals2 = 1
|club-update = 2 February 2025
|nationalteam-update = 26 March 2024
}}
Visar Musliu ({{langx|mk|Висар Муслиу}}; born 13 November 1994) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden 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.[https://fkvardar.mk/vesti/visar-musliu-e-nov-igrach-na-vardar fkvardar.mk Vardar signed Musliu] 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.[http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8506:vardar-reaches-europa-league-group-stage&catid=13:international&Itemid=64 macedonianfootball.com Vardar reaches Europa League group stage]
On 5 August 2019, he moved from Shkëndija to Hungarian outfit Fehérvár.{{cite web|url=https://www.molfehervarfc.hu/2019/08/05/visar-musliu-a-mol-fehervar-fc-jatekosa-.html|title=Visar Musliu a MOL Fehérvár FC játékosa! |date=5 August 2019|access-date=5 August 2019|publisher=Fehérvár FC|language=hu}}
On 19 January 2022, Musliu joined 2. Bundesliga club FC Ingolstadt.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Ingolstadt|url=https://www.fcingolstadt.de/news/11076-fci-verpflichtet-aktuellen-nationalspieler-und-em-teilnehmer-musliu/|title=FCI VERPFLICHTET AKTUELLEN NATIONALSPIELER UND EM-TEILNEHMER MUSLIU|date=19 January 2022|access-date=7 February 2022|language=de}}
In June 2023, Musliu signed for SC Paderborn following his departure from Ingolstadt.{{cite web|url=https://www.scp07.de/Newsarchiv/Erfahrener-Verteidiger-2.html|title=ERFAHRENER VERTEIDIGER|trans-title=EXPERIENCED DEFENDER|language=German|website=www.scp07.de|date=26 June 2023|accessdate=26 June 2023}}
On 4 February 2025, Musliu moved to Sint-Truiden in Belgium.{{cite web|publisher=Sint-Truiden|url=https://stvv.com/nl/nieuws/artikel/visar-musliu-wordt-nieuwe-centrale-verdediger-van-stvv|title=Visar Musliu wordt nieuwe centrale verdediger van STVV|trans-title=Visar Musliu becomes new central defender of STVV|date=4 February 2025|access-date=6 February 2025|language=nl}}
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[http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8270:macedonia-qualifies-for-2017-u21-euro-in-poland-video&catid=13:international&Itemid=64 macedonianfootball.com MKD qualified for EURO U21] 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.[https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2021147--north-macedonia-vs-portugal/ UEFA MKD-POR Match Report]
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.[https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2017815--israel-vs-fyr-macedonia/lineups/ UEFA ISR-MKD Match Report] {{As of|2020|4|1|post=,}} Musliu has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring one goal.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fyrom-recintlp.html Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team] – RSSSF{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=29951|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=25 April 2020}}
Career statistics
{{updated|end of 2022–23 season}}{{NFT player|68787}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Renova
|rowspan="2"|Macedonian First Football League |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14
|24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| Renova (loan)
|Macedonian First Football League |13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Renova
|rowspan="2"|Macedonian First Football League |30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17
|33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 4 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7 | |
| Vardar
|Macedonian First Football League |11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 1 | ||
| Shkëndija (loan)
|Macedonian First Football League |15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 5 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Shkëndija
|rowspan="2"|Macedonian First Football League |29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | |
| rowspan="4"|Fehérvár
|rowspan="3"|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 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 3 | |
| rowspan="3"|FC Ingolstadt
|14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23
|25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|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.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Visar Musliu | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 9 October 2017 | Stadion Mladost, Strumica, North Macedonia | rowspan=2|{{fb|LIE}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|4–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|2 | 22 March 2025 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT|68787}}
- [http://macedonianfootball.com/visar-musliu/ Profile at Macedonian Football] {{in lang|en}}
- {{Soccerway|visar-musliu/154202}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|visar-musliu}}
{{Sint-Truidense V.V. squad}}
{{North Macedonia squad UEFA Euro 2020}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Musliu, Visar}}
Category:Sportspeople from Gostivar
Category:Macedonian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Macedonian sportsmen
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:North Macedonia men's youth international footballers
Category:North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers
Category:North Macedonia men's international footballers
Category:UEFA Euro 2020 players
Category:FC Ingolstadt 04 players
Category:SC Paderborn 07 players
Category:Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Category:Macedonian First Football League players
Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Macedonian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium