Bler Thaçi

Bler Thaçi
Personal information
Date of birth	4 August 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Obilić, FR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	2 Korriku
Youth career
2005–2015	KF KEK
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2018	KEK
2018–2019	Besa Kavajë
2020-2021	KEK
2021-	FC 2 Korriku
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:00, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Bler Thaçi^[a] (born 4 August 1999) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for KEK.

Club career

Thaçi gained recognition in 2013 as the "best under-15 player in Kosovo". He began training with Galatasaray S.K in January 2014.^[3] He defected from KF KEK to KF Besa Kavajë in January 2018 alongside compatriot Fatjon Bushati, who joined from KF Ballkani.^[1] He returned to KEK in December 2019.^[4]

Personal life

Thaçi is named after former British prime minister Tony Blair.^[5]^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 July 2018.^[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Besa Kavajë	2017–18	Albanian First Division	9	3	0	0	–		0	0	9	3
Besa Kavajë	2018–19	Albanian First Division	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
Career total			9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3

Notes

^ Also transliterated as Thaqi^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Thaçi, kosovari që po bën të "harrohet" Bernard Berisha te Besa" [Thaci, Kosovar who is making people "forget" Bernard Berisha at Besa] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Bler Thaçi, 15-vjeçari që luan me ekipin e parë të KEK-ut" [Bler Thaci, 15, plays with KEK's first team]. Gazetaolle. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Meet the Kosovan Albanians who named their sons after Tony Blair". The Guardian. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
^ Zyrtare: Keku kryen transferimin e parë për afatin kalimtar dimëror - Gazeta Metro (in Albanian)
^ "Footballers named after politicians, from Tony Blair to Mahatma Gandhi". The Guardian. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
^ Bler Thaçi at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

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[4] Also transliterated as Thaqi^[3]

[Ekspres-1] "Thaçi, kosovari që po bën të "harrohet" Bernard Berisha te Besa" [Thaci, Kosovar who is making people "forget" Bernard Berisha at Besa] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[KEK-2] "Bler Thaçi, 15-vjeçari që luan me ekipin e parë të KEK-ut" [Bler Thaci, 15, plays with KEK's first team]. Gazetaolle. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[:0-3] "Meet the Kosovan Albanians who named their sons after Tony Blair". The Guardian. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2022-04-14.

[5] Zyrtare: Keku kryen transferimin e parë për afatin kalimtar dimëror - Gazeta Metro (in Albanian)

[6] "Footballers named after politicians, from Tony Blair to Mahatma Gandhi". The Guardian. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-14.

[7] Bler Thaçi at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

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