Edmond Azemi

Edmond Azemi
No. 4 – Sigal Prishtina
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Personal information
Born (1980-09-10) September 10, 1980
Doboj, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Albanian
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
Playing career 1999–present
Career history
1999–2005 Sigal Prishtina
2005–2006 →KB Valbona Tropoje
2006–2007 Sigal Prishtina
2006–2007 K.R. Basket Reykjavík
2007–2008 MZT Aerodrom
2008–2010 Sigal Prishtina
2010–2011 Lirija
2011–present Sigal Prishtina
Career highlights and awards

Edmond "Edo" Azemi (born 19 September 1980) is a Kosovo Albanian professional basketball player who plays for Sigal Prishtina in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in Balkan International Basketball League. Edmond Azemi is one of the most successful players in the history of basketball in Kosovo. He Started the career in Kosovo in KB Sigal Prishtina. Most of the years he played with KB Sigal Prishtina team where he made history winning 10x Kosovo Basketball superleague, 9x Kosovo Cups, 3x Kosovo Supercups and 1x Balkan League.[1][2]

Edmond Azemi is a member of the Kosovo national basketball team from 2011. He was part of the Albanian national basketball team from 2004 to 2010. Azemi holds also a Croatian passport.[1]

Personal

He was born in Doboj, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Kosovar Albanian Father and Croatian mother.[3] He spent his teen years in Pristina Kosovo, and also started the career in KB Sigal Prishtina where he made history. Now Edmond Azemi lives in Pristina, he is married to Elma Ibro and they have two children.[4][5]

Professional career

2005-2010 season

In 2005-06 season, Edmond Azemi played in KB Valbona Tropoje in Albanian Basketball League and also in Eurocup Challenge where he was one of the best players of his team.[6] He averaged with 9.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game.[7] Also in 2005-06 season he played with Sigal prishtina where he averaged with 10.3 points and 2.6 assists per game.[8] Then in 2006-07 he played for K.R. Basket Reykjavík in Premier League (Iceland) where he averaged with 9.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.4 steals in 12 games played. Then from Iceland he returned in kosovo at Sigal Prishtina to play just 2 seasons and to go to macedonian basketball superleague at KK Lirija team where he played 13 games with average - 12.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.[1]

2010-2015 seasons

From KK Lirija, Azemi returned again in KB Sigal Prishtina in 2010-11 where he won Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Kosovo Basketball Superleague MVP of 2010/11 season, and also the Kosovo Cup. In 2010/11 he averaged with very impressive stats: 22.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. In 2013/14 season Edmond Azemi with his team Sigal Prishtina played in Balkan International Basketball League for the first time in history. In the first season in BIBL Sigal Prishtina went to the final four of this league where they were organizers of this event. During this season of BIBL, Azemi averaged with 4.1 points and 1.8 rebounds in 16 games played. The 2014-15 season was one of the best in history not just for Azemi but also for KB Sigal Prishtina because in this season they won Balkan League for the first time and also Kosovo Superleague Trophy. In this winning season, Azemi averaged with 7.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in 17 games played.[9][10]

Honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Edmond Azemi Profile" (PDF). Prossinsports.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  2. ↑ "Edmond Azemi profile | Game center". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  3. ↑ "Edmond Azemi - Basketball - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  4. ↑ "Martohet basketbollisti Edmond Azemi - Portali Telegrafi » Portali Telegrafi". Telegrafi.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  5. ↑ "Edmond Azemi bëhet baba, ja foto e parë me beben (Foto)". GazetaBlic.com. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  6. ↑ "Classify Edmond Azemi, Kosovar Basketball Player". Theapricity.com. 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  7. ↑ "Edmond Azemi Player Profile, KB Sigal Prishtina, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". Basketball.realgm.com. 2002-06-26. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  8. ↑ "Edmond Azemi - Spielerprofil". FuPa.net. 1996-07-18. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  9. ↑ "Edmond Azemi Basketball Player Profile, Sigal Prishtina, News, SuperLeague stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com". Basketball.eurobasket.com. 1980-09-10. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  10. ↑ "Edmond Azemi bëhet baba për herë të dytë (Foto) - Sport - Kosova Sot". Kosova-sot.info. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
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