Bekim Kastrati
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Date of birth
25 March 1979
Place of birth
Peć, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position
Forward
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Peć, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Besa Peja | |||
| Germania Geistenbeck | |||
| –2000 | 1. FC Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2000–2001 | SC Wegberg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | FC Wegberg-Beeck | 22 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Aris Thessaloniki | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Borussia Freialdenhoven | 34 | (13) |
| 2004–2006 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 58 | (41) |
| 2005–2006 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Eintracht Braunschweig II | 2 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 37 | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 7 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Dynamo Dresden II | 1 | (2) |
| 2010 | Bonner SC | 10 | (5) |
| 2010–2012 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia | 34 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | TuS 64 Bösinghoven | 29 | (11) |
| 2013–2015 | SC Rheindahlen | ||
| Total | 244 | (87) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | Albania | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bekim Kastrati (born 25 March 1979) is a former professional footballer[1] who played as a forward and spent the majority of his career in Germany. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Albania internationally.
Kastrati number of German clubs including Fortuna Düsseldorf, Eintracht Braunschweig and Borussia Mönchengladbach. He joined Bonn from Dynamo Dresden in January 2010 before switching to Wuppertaler SV Borussia in May.
In January 2008, in a friendly between Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayern Munich, Kastrati suffered a fractured testicle after colliding with Bayern's goalkeeper Bernd Dreher. He had to be brought to a hospital to undergo an emergency operation.[2]