Julian Bibleka
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Barilevë, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SSV Frohnhausen | |||
| JSG Mittenaar/Siegbach/Burg | |||
| VfB Gießen | |||
| –2010 | TSG Wieseck | ||
| 2010–2015 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | 05 Oberrad | 19 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | TSV Steinbach | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | Rot-Weiß Koblenz | 4 | (0) |
| 2020– | 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn | 30 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Albania U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | Kosovo | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 May 2014 | |||
Julian Bibleka (born 4 May 1996), is a Kosovar[1] professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for German club 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn. He made one appearance for the Kosovo national team in 2014.
Early career
Bibleka started his youth career at SSV Frohnhausen, a local academy in Germany. Then he played for various fellow German club academies such as JSG Mittenaar/Siegbach/Burg, VfB Gießen, TSG Wieseck, before he joined the Eintracht Frankfurt academies in 2010.[2] With Eintracht Frankfurt Bibleka won the Hessen cup by defeating FSV Frankfurt U-19 3–1 in a match in which Bibleka was considered decisive with several saves.[3]
International career
Being of Albanian descent, in April 2013 Bibleka participated in a gathering of young Albanians footballers born in 1997–1998 and 1995–1996 even, organised by the FSHF (Albanian Football Association) in Switzerland with the participations of the Albania national under-17 football team and Albania national under-19 football team respective coaches at the time, Džemal Mustedanagić and Foto Strakosha.[4] Bibleka became one of 12 young talents suggested to FSHF by Jetmir Salihu (a simple Albanian football fan part of Tifozat Kuq e Zi, which later became a representative of FSHF for Kosovo) to be selected to the Albania national youth football teams at least one time.[5]
Kosovo
Bibleka was called up to Kosovo national team by coach Albert Bunjaki for the two FIFAs sanctioned matches against Turkey and Senegal in May 2014.[6] He made it his debut for Kosovo on 25 May 2014 against Senegal, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute in place of Kushtrim Mushica in a 3–1 loss.[7]