Blerim Džemaili
 Džemaili with Switzerland at the 2018 World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blerim Džemaili[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1986[1] | ||
| Place of birth |
Tetovo, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Oerlikon Zürich | ||
| 1996–2000 | FC Unterstrass | ||
| 2000–2001 | YF Juventus | ||
| 2001–2003 | Zürich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Zürich | 111 | (9) |
| 2007–2009 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Torino (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Torino | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Parma (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Parma | 30 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Napoli | 86 | (16) |
| 2014–2016 | Galatasaray | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Genoa (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2016–2020 | Bologna | 88 | (11) |
| 2017 | → Montreal Impact (loan) | 22 | (7) |
| 2020 | Shenzhen FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Zürich | 59 | (6) |
| Total | 483 | (54) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Switzerland U21 | 16 | (4) |
| 2006–2018 | Switzerland | 69 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Blerim Džemaili (born 12 April 1986) is a Swiss former football player.
He played 69 times for the Swiss national football team, and was in the squads for the 2006, 2014, and 2018 FIFA World Cups, and for the 2016 European Championships.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zürich | 2003–04 | Swiss Super League | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | |
| 2004–05 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Swiss Super League | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | 41 | 7 | ||
| 2006–07 | Swiss Super League | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 26 | 3 | ||
| Total | 111 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 13 | ||
| Bolton Wanderers | 2007–08 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Torino | 2008–09 | Serie A | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | – | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Parma | 2009–10 | Serie A | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | – | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | Serie A | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 31 | 1 | |||
| Total | 49 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 | ||
| Napoli | 2011–12 | Serie A | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 39 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | Serie A | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | 41 | 9 | ||
| 2013–14 | Serie A | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 29 | 6 | ||
| Total | 86 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 18 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2014–15 | Süper Lig | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |
| Genoa (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie A | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |
| Bologna | 2016–17 | Serie A | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 9 | |
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 85 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 13 | ||
| Montreal Impact (loan) | 2017 | MLS | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 |
| Career total | 421 | 48 | 29 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 480 | 58 | ||
International
- As of 3 July 2018[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2006 | 5 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 3 | |
| Total | 69 | 10 | |
- As of 27 June 2018[5]
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Džemaili goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 September 2013 | Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland | 27 |  Iceland | 4–1 | 4–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 20 June 2014 | Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil | 35 |  France | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| 3 | 14 October 2014 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino | 39 |  San Marino | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
| 4 | 10 June 2015 | Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland | 41 |  Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 6 | 28 May 2016 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | 47 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 7 | 3 September 2017 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia | 58 |  Latvia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 23 March 2018 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | 62 |  Greece | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 27 March 2018 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland | 63 |  Panama | 1–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 27 June 2018 | Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | 68 |  Costa Rica | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Zürich
- Swiss Super League: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2021–22
- Swiss Cup: 2004–05
Napoli
- Coppa Italia: 2011–12, 2013–14
Galatasaray
- Süper Lig: 2014–15
- Turkish Cup: 2014–15
References
- 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2018.
- ↑ "Blerim Džemaili » Club matches". worldfootball.net. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "B. Džemaili". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ "Blerim Džemaili". European Football. 24 June 2018.
- ↑ Blerim Džemaili at Soccerway
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