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Blerim Dzemaili

Blerim Dzemaili

Midfield - Central Midfield  at Retired
Age40
CitizenshipSwitzerland Albania
Height1.80 m
Footright
BornApril 12, 1986
👕500+ Apps 50+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists Veteran
Market value
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
03/04
debut season
0.12
goals / match
FC Zürich
top club · 203 apps

Position rank · 22/23

#250
goals rank
#1431
assists rank
65
season goals
58
season assists

Among 2,901 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€11.00m
peak value · 2014
€9.00m
top transfer fee · 11/12
9
best season · 12/13
5 · 7.7%
pens / of goals
561Appearances
65Goals
58Assists
140Yellow cards
3Red cards
184Full matches (90′)
Full nameBlerim Dzemaili
Name in home countryБлерим Џемаили
Date of birth1986-04-12 (40 yrs)
Place of birthTetovo, Switzerland
CitizenshipSwitzerland Albania
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height180.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2023-07-01
Contract expires
AgentBranchini Associati ...
OutfitterNike
Jul 2023
Transfer: FC Zürich → Retired
23/24 · Transfer
May 2023
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Apr 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2022
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — FC Zürich
29 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Feb 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC Zürich
26 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2021
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
May 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Mar 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2021
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2021
Transfer: Without Club → FC Zürich
20/21 · Transfer
Oct 2020
Transfer: SZ FC → Without Club
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — FC Zürich
12 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2020
Transfer: Bologna → SZ FC
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Bologna FC 1909
14 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2018
18/19 — Bologna FC 1909
30 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Dec 2017
Transfer: Montreal → Bologna
17/18 · Return from loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — Bologna FC 1909
15 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
2017 — Montreal Impact
25 matches · 8 G · 12 A · across 2 competitions
May 2017
Transfer: Bologna → Montreal
16/17 · Loan
Aug 2016
Transfer: Galatasaray → Bologna
16/17 · Transfer · €1.30m
Jul 2016
16/17 — Bologna FC 1909
33 matches · 9 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2016
Transfer: Genoa → Galatasaray
15/16 · Return from loan
Aug 2015
Transfer: Galatasaray → Genoa
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Genoa CFC
27 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2014
Transfer: Napoli → Galatasaray
14/15 · Transfer · €2.35m
Jul 2014
14/15 — Galatasaray
20 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — SSC Napoli
29 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — SSC Napoli
41 matches · 9 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — SSC Napoli
39 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Parma → Napoli
11/12 · Transfer · €9.00m
Jul 2010
10/11 — Parma FC
31 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Torino → Parma
10/11 · Transfer · €7.00m
Jun 2010
Transfer: Parma → Torino
09/10 · Return from loan
Aug 2009
Transfer: Torino → Parma
09/10 · Loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — Torino FC, Parma FC
21 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Bolton → Torino
09/10 · Transfer · €2.00m
Jun 2009
Transfer: Torino → Bolton
08/09 · Return from loan
Aug 2008
Transfer: Bolton → Torino
08/09 · Loan
Jul 2008
08/09 — Torino FC, Bolton Wanderers
32 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: FC Zürich → Bolton
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Bolton Wanderers
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
06/07 — FC Zürich
29 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — FC Zürich
41 matches · 7 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — FC Zürich
32 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — FC Zürich
34 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2003
Transfer: FC Zürich Yth. → FC Zürich
03/04 · Transfer
Mar 2001
Transfer: YF Juventus Jgd → FC Zürich Yth.
00/01 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €11.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2113 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals6 total · 1.78/90
100
Assists1 total · 0.30/90
77
G+A7 total · 2.07/90
98
Yellow cards8 total · 2.37/90
0
16,562 min
Minutes played by club
FC Zürich 43.4%
Montreal Impact 3.3%
Bologna FC 1909 25.2%
Genoa CFC 3.6%
Galatasaray 2.3%
SSC Napoli 8.9%
Parma FC 13.4%
Torino FC 0.0%
Bolton Wanderers 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
FC Zürich 7 03/04 22/23 203 21 21 7,190
Montreal Impact 1 2017 2017 25 8 12 542
Bologna FC 1909 4 16/17 19/20 92 13 6 4,170
Genoa CFC 1 15/16 15/16 27 3 1 596
Galatasaray 1 14/15 14/15 20 1 2 375
SSC Napoli 3 11/12 13/14 109 18 10 1,471
Parma FC 2 09/10 10/11 50 1 4 2,218
Torino FC 2 08/09 09/10 34 0 2 0
Bolton Wanderers 2 07/08 08/09 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

5€2.8M10€5.5M15€8.3M20€11M03/04 — 2 goals (FC Zürich)03/04 — 3 assists503/0404/05 — 1 goals (FC Zürich)04/05 — 3 assists404/0505/06 — 7 goals (FC Zürich)05/06 — 3 assists1005/0606/07 — 4 goals (FC Zürich)06/07 — 3 assists706/0707/0808/09 — 2 assists208/0909/10 — 3 assists309/1010/11 — 1 goals (Parma FC)10/11 — 1 assists210/1111/12 — 3 goals (SSC Napoli)11/12 — 3 assists611/1212/13 — 9 goals (SSC Napoli)12/13 — 3 assists1212/1313/14 — 6 goals (SSC Napoli)13/14 — 4 assists1013/1414/15 — 1 goals (Galatasaray)14/15 — 2 assists314/1515/16 — 3 goals (Genoa CFC)15/16 — 1 assists415/1616/17 — 9 goals (Bologna FC 1909)16/17 — 3 assists1216/1717/18 — 1 goals (Bologna FC 1909)17/18 — 1 assists217/1818/19 — 2 goals (Bologna FC 1909)18/19 — 1 assists318/1919/20 — 1 goals (Bologna FC 1909)19/20 — 1 assists219/2020/21 — 4 assists420/212017 — 8 goals (Montreal Impact)2017 — 12 assists20201721/22 — 1 goals (FC Zürich)21/22 — 4 assists521/2222/23 — 6 goals (FC Zürich)22/23 — 1 assists722/2304/05 — €250K05/06 — €1M06/07 — €1.6M07/08 — €2.5M08/09 — €2M09/10 — €4M10/11 — €5M11/12 — €7M12/13 — €7M13/14 — €10M14/15 — €11M15/16 — €5.8M16/17 — €3.5M17/18 — €3M18/19 — €2.5M19/20 — €1M20/21 — €800K21/22 — €300K22/23 — €200KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

03/04: 2203/0404/05: 1104/0505/06: 7705/0606/07: 4406/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 9912/1313/14: 6613/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 9916/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 0020/212017: 88201721/22: 1121/2222/23: 6622/23

Assists by season

03/04: 3303/0404/05: 3304/0505/06: 3305/0606/07: 3306/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 2208/0909/10: 3309/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 4420/212017: 1212201721/22: 4421/2222/23: 1122/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 Champions League Qu. FC Zürich 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Europa League FC Zürich 4 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Europa League Qualifying FC Zürich 2 1 0 0 0 90
22/23 Super League FC Zürich 21 5 1 6 0 214
22/23 Swiss Cup FC Zürich 1 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 Super League FC Zürich 26 1 4 6 0 1,700
2017 Canadian Championship Montreal Impact 3 1 0 1 0 265
2017 MLS Montreal Impact 22 7 12 8 0 277
20/21 Super League FC Zürich 12 0 4 5 0 0
19/20 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 14 1 1 2 0 696
18/19 Italy Cup Bologna FC 1909 2 1 0 0 0 111
18/19 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 28 1 1 4 0 1,749
17/18 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 15 1 1 4 0 1,196
16/17 Italy Cup Bologna FC 1909 2 1 0 0 0 95
16/17 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 31 8 3 10 1 323
15/16 Serie A Genoa CFC 27 3 1 6 0 596
14/15 Champions League Galatasaray 4 0 0 3 0 0
14/15 Süper Lig Galatasaray 11 0 1 2 0 0
14/15 Türkiye Kupasi Galatasaray 5 1 1 2 0 375
13/14 Champions League SSC Napoli 3 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 Europa League SSC Napoli 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Italy Cup SSC Napoli 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Serie A SSC Napoli 24 6 4 4 0 259
12/13 Europa League SSC Napoli 7 2 1 1 0 279
12/13 Serie A SSC Napoli 34 7 2 7 0 280
11/12 Champions League SSC Napoli 6 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Italy Cup SSC Napoli 5 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Serie A SSC Napoli 28 3 3 9 1 653
10/11 Italy Cup Parma FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Serie A Parma FC 30 1 0 8 0 2,218
09/10 Italy Cup Torino FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 Serie A Parma FC 19 0 3 4 0 0
08/09 Italy Cup Torino FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 League Cup Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Premier League Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Serie A Torino FC 30 0 2 8 0 0
07/08 FA Cup Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Champions League Qu. FC Zürich 2 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 Super League FC Zürich 23 3 1 9 0 667
06/07 Swisscom Cup FC Zürich 4 1 2 2 0 328
05/06 Super League FC Zürich 32 3 3 9 0 911
05/06 Swisscom Cup FC Zürich 5 3 0 1 0 152
05/06 UEFA Cup FC Zürich 2 0 0 1 0 0
05/06 UEFA-Cup Qualifikation FC Zürich 2 1 0 0 0 180
04/05 Super League FC Zürich 26 1 3 6 0 1,752
04/05 Swisscom Cup FC Zürich 6 0 0 1 0 0
03/04 Super League FC Zürich 30 2 3 4 1 1,196
03/04 Swisscom Cup FC Zürich 4 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
00/01 2001-03-04 YF Juventus Jgd FC Zürich Yth. Transfer 0
03/04 2003-07-01 FC Zürich Yth. FC Zürich Transfer 0
07/08 2007-07-06 FC Zürich Bolton Transfer 2500000
08/09 2008-08-31 Bolton Torino Loan 1000000
08/09 2009-06-30 Torino Bolton Return from loan 2200000
09/10 2009-07-01 Bolton Torino Transfer 2200000 €2.00m
09/10 2009-08-31 Torino Parma Loan 4000000
09/10 2010-06-30 Parma Torino Return from loan 5000000
10/11 2010-07-01 Torino Parma Transfer 5000000 €7.00m
11/12 2011-07-01 Parma Napoli Transfer 5000000 €9.00m
14/15 2014-08-31 Napoli Galatasaray Transfer 9500000 €2.35m
15/16 2015-08-30 Galatasaray Genoa Loan 4500000
15/16 2016-06-30 Genoa Galatasaray Return from loan 3500000
16/17 2016-08-17 Galatasaray Bologna Transfer 3500000 €1.30m
16/17 2017-05-09 Bologna Montreal Loan 3000000
17/18 2017-12-31 Montreal Bologna Return from loan 3000000
19/20 2020-01-31 Bologna SZ FC Transfer 1000000
20/21 2020-10-23 SZ FC Without Club Transfer 700000
20/21 2021-01-01 Without Club FC Zürich Transfer 500000
23/24 2023-07-01 FC Zürich Retired Transfer 100000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
20/21 unknown injury 2021-01-25 2021-01-28 4 1
20/21 unknown injury 2021-02-12 2021-03-05 22 4
20/21 unknown injury 2021-03-18 2021-04-01 15 1
20/21 unknown injury 2021-04-28 2021-05-06 9 1
20/21 unknown injury 2021-05-19 2021-06-14 27 1
20/21 Knee injury 2021-06-29 2021-09-08 72 8
21/22 unknown injury 2022-02-04 2022-02-11 8 1
22/23 unknown injury 2022-07-14 2022-07-18 5 1
22/23 unknown injury 2022-07-29 2022-08-12 15 4
22/23 Calf injury 2022-08-24 2022-08-26 3 1
22/23 unknown injury 2022-10-14 2022-10-21 8 2
22/23 unknown injury 2022-10-28 2022-12-31 65 4
22/23 unknown injury 2023-02-09 2023-02-15 7 1
22/23 unknown injury 2023-04-24 2023-04-28 5 1
22/23 unknown injury 2023-05-04 2023-05-18 15 2
Current€100k
Peak€11.00m
Low
Δ since start−€150k
€2.75m€5.50m€8.25m€11.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Edinson Cavani 2 4 0
Yanick Brecher 2 0 0
Raffael 2 2 0
Fidan Aliti 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
16/17 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 8 31
12/13 Serie A SSC Napoli 7 34
2017 MLS Montreal Impact 7 22

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2017 MLS Montreal Impact 12 22
13/14 Serie A SSC Napoli 4 24
20/21 Super League FC Zürich 4 12

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
17/18 2017-12-31 Montreal Bologna Return from loan €3.00m
16/17 2017-05-09 Bologna Montreal Loan €3.00m
15/16 2016-06-30 Genoa Galatasaray Return from loan €3.50m
15/16 2015-08-30 Galatasaray Genoa Loan €4.50m
09/10 2010-06-30 Parma Torino Return from loan €5.00m
09/10 2009-08-31 Torino Parma Loan €4.00m
08/09 2009-06-30 Torino Bolton Return from loan €2.20m
08/09 2008-08-31 Bolton Torino Loan €1.00m

Teams faced most often by Blerim Dzemaili's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
AC Milan 47 17 11 19 63 66 -3 36%
ACF Fiorentina 43 14 16 13 54 63 -9 33%
AS Roma 43 10 11 22 40 61 -21 23%
Torino FC 42 20 8 14 66 47 +19 48%
Udinese Calcio 42 18 14 10 69 55 +14 43%
Cagliari Calcio 36 18 9 9 57 35 +22 50%
Juventus 34 9 3 22 32 60 -28 26%
Inter 32 11 7 14 34 49 -15 34%
Atalanta 32 11 8 13 46 49 -3 34%
Lazio Roma 32 17 4 11 59 48 +11 53%
Sassuolo Calcio 32 15 8 9 48 45 +3 47%
Sampdoria 32 15 7 10 56 40 +16 47%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
03/04 Senior debut season
03/04 First senior goal
19/20 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
22/23 29 304 8 0 0 2.37
21/22 26 1,700 6 0 0 0.32
2017 25 542 9 0 0 1.49
20/21 12 0 5 0 0 0
19/20 14 696 2 0 0 0.26
18/19 30 1,860 4 0 0 0.19
17/18 15 1,196 4 0 0 0.3
16/17 33 418 10 0 1 2.37
15/16 27 596 6 1 0 1.06
14/15 20 375 7 0 0 1.68
13/14 29 259 5 0 0 1.74
12/13 41 559 8 0 0 1.29
11/12 39 653 11 0 1 1.65
10/11 31 2,218 8 2 0 0.41
09/10 21 0 5 0 0 0
08/09 32 0 8 0 0 0
06/07 29 995 12 0 0 1.09
05/06 41 1,243 11 1 0 0.87
04/05 32 1,752 7 0 0 0.36
03/04 34 1,196 4 0 1 0.38

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Serie A
280 apps
31 G
21 A
Super League
170 apps
15 G
19 A
MLS
22 apps
7 G
12 A
Swisscom Cup
20 apps
4 G
2 A
Europa League
12 apps
2 G
1 A
Italy Cup
15 apps
2 G
1 A
Türkiye Kupasi
5 apps
1 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
2 apps
1 G
0 A
Canadian Championship
3 apps
1 G
0 A
UEFA-Cup Qualifikation
2 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Blerim Dzemaili

Who is Blerim Dzemaili?

Blerim Dzemaili is a Switzerland professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Retired.

How old is Blerim Dzemaili?

Blerim Dzemaili is 40 years old. He was born on April 12, 1986 in Tetovo.

What position does Blerim Dzemaili play?

Blerim Dzemaili plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Blerim Dzemaili play for?

Blerim Dzemaili currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Blerim Dzemaili scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Blerim Dzemaili has scored 65 goals in 561 appearances.