Labinot Harbuzi

Labinot Harbuzi (4 April 1986 – 11 October 2018)[1] was a Swedish footballer. He was of Kosovar-Albanian descent. He played as a midfielder.

Labinot Harbuzi
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Personal information
Date of birth4 April 1986
Place of birthLund, Sweden
Date of death11 October 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 32)
Place of deathMalmö, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Youth career
1996–1998Malmö BI
1999–2000Falkenbergs FF
2000–2001Malmö FF
2002–2004Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006Feyenoord0(0)
2004–2005Excelsior (loan)9(0)
2006–2009Malmö FF50(4)
2009–2011Gençlerbirliği40(4)
2012Manisaspor5(0)
2012Syrianska FC3(0)
2013KSF Prespa Birlik5(2)
2016Melaka United11(2)
Total123(12)
National team
2001–2003Sweden U1720(5)
2004Sweden U195(1)
2006–2009Sweden U216(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

At 15 years old, he was signed by Dutch club Feyenoord where he started playing professional football in the club's reserve team and youth team.[2] In the spring of 2006, he returned to Malmö FF and made his Allsvenskan debut that same year.[3]

He was a Swedish under-21 international, making his debut against Republic of Ireland on 28 February 2006.[4]

On 11 October 2018, Harbuzi died at a hospital in Malmö, Sweden of cardiac arrest, aged 32.[1]

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