Besir Demiri

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Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s)
Besir Demiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
Rabotnički
Number 23
Youth career
2009–2013 Shkupi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Shkupi
2014–2016 Shkëndija 52 (3)
2017–2018 Vardar 26 (0)
2018–2019 Mariupol 33 (0)
2019–2020 Žilina 21 (2)
2020–2021 Kukësi 33 (0)
2021–2022 Dinamo Tirana 33 (1)
2022–2023 Shkupi 11 (1)
2023–2024 Gjilani 12 (0)
2024– Rabotnički 24 (1)
International career
2014–2017 Macedonia U21 16 (1)
2016 Macedonia 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025

Besir Demiri (born 1 August 1994) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or left-back for Rabotnički.

Demiri began his football development at Shkupi, progressing through the club's youth system before making his senior debut in 2012. After spells with Shkupi and Shkëndija, where he established himself as a regular first-team player, he joined Vardar in 2017. He later played abroad for Mariupol in Ukraine and Žilina in Slovakia, before returning to the Balkans with Kukësi and Dinamo Tirana in Albania. Demiri rejoined Shkupi in 2022, spent the 2023–24 season with Gjilani, and signed for Rabotnički in 2024.

At international level, Demiri represented Macedonia at under-21 level between 2014 and 2017, earning 16 caps and scoring once. He made his senior debut for the Macedonia national team in 2016, winning two caps, before declaring his intention to play senior international football for Albania in September 2018.

Demiri started playing football in the youth club of Shkupi Čair, and in 2013 he also joined their first team to perform in the Macedonian Second Football League. After two years playing for Shkupi, in January 2015 he transferred to Shkendija Tetovo to play in Macedonia's top division. In December 2016 he transferred to Vardar Skopje. In February 2018 he moved to Ukrainian Premier League club FC Mariupol.[1]

International career

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