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{{Football player infobox
|playername=Besian Idrizaj
|image=
|fullname=Besian Idrizaj
|birth_date={{birth date|1987|10|12}}
|birth_place=[[Baden bei Wien]], [[Austria]]
|death_date={{death date|2010|05|15}} (aged 22)
|height={{height|m=1.89}}
| youthyears1    = 1998–2003
| youthclubs1    = Admira Linz
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| years1         = 2003–2004 |clubs1 = Admira Linz                                                  |caps1 = 0   |goals1 = 0
| years2         = 2003–2005 |clubs2 = [[LASK Linz]]                                                |caps2 = 35  |goals2 = 4
| years3         = 2005–2008 |clubs3 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]                                 |caps3 = 0   |goals3 = 0
| years4         = 2007      |clubs4 = → [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] (loan)                      |caps4 = 7   |goals4 = 1
| years5         = 2007–2008 |clubs5 = → [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] (loan)              |caps5 = 7   |goals5 = 0
| years6         = 2008      |clubs6 = → [[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]] (loan)   |caps6 = 2   |goals6 = 0
| years7         = 2009      |clubs7 = [[FC Eilenburg]]                                             |caps7 = 5   |goals7 = 0
| years8         = 2009–2010 |clubs8 = [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]                         |caps8 = 3   |goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 59 | totalgoals = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2009
| nationalteam1  = [[Austria national under-21 football team|Austria U21]]
| nationalcaps1  = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 3
}}
'''Besian Idrizaj''' (12 October 1987 – 15 May 2010) was an Austrian professional [[association football|footballer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2010/05/15/1926108/swansea-youngster-besian-idrizaj-passes-away |title=Austria striker dies at parents' home aged 22  |publisher=goal.com |date=15 May 2010 |accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref> He also played in the [[Football League]] for [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] and [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] both whilst on loan from [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] for whom he did not make a League appearance. He also played for [[LASK Linz]], [[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]] and [[FC Eilenburg]]. He died of a heart attack on 15 May 2010 at the age of 22.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Former-Liverpool-starlet-Besian-Idrizaj-dies-of-heart-attack-aged-just-22-article427331.html |title=Former Liverpool striker dies of heart-attack aged just 22 |work=The Daily Mirror |location=UK |date=15 May 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010}}</ref>
== Statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;
|+ Club performance<ref>{{Soccerbase|46369|Besian Idrizaj UK}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Football League Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Others
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!App
!Goals 
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
!App
!Goals
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Admira Linz]]
|2003–04
|0||0||0||0||Colspan=2|—||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[LASK Linz]]
|2003–04
|1||0||0||0||Colspan=2|—||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2004–05
|27||3||1?||1?||Colspan=2|—||0||0||0||0||28||4
|-
|2005–06
|7||0||0||0||Colspan=2|—||0||0||0||0||7||0
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|2005–06
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2006–07
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2007–08
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!Total
!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] (loan)
|2006–07
|7||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||1
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] (loan)
|2007–08
|7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck]] (loan)
|2007–08
|2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|[[FC Eilenburg]]
|2008–09
|5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]
|2009–10
|3||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||4||0
|-
! |Total
! |
! | 59
! | 4
! | 1?
! | 1?
! | 0
! | 0
! | 0
! | 0
! | 0
! | 0
! | 60
! | 5
|}
== References ==
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== Other websites ==
*[http://www.swanseacity.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10354~39531,00.html Swansea City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526084247/http://www.swanseacity.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10354~39531,00.html |date=2010-05-26 }}


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[[Category:Austrian footballers]]
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players]]
[[Category:Liverpool F.C. players]]
[[Category:Luton Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Austrian football forwards]]