ALBERT BUNJAKU

Albert Bunjaku

Nationality: Switzerland / Kosovar

Age: 29

D.O.B: 29/11/1983

Place of Birth: Gjilan

Position: Central Forward

Club: Kaiserslautern

Bunjaku who reportedly started his football career late as a youth (age 13) and who was once more interested in basketball than football, has actually progressed into becoming a very competent and accomplished striker.

Since having started his professional career at FC Schaffhausen in the Swiss Second Division, Bunjaku hasn’t looked back and has gone from strength to strength.

After 39 appearances and 3 goals at FC Schaffhausen, he moved on loan to SC Paderborn 07 where he did not stick around for very long – due to the then Paderborn 07’s manager Jos Luhukay who apparently did not feel that Bunjaku was good enough.

Having been left without a club, Bunjaku was lucky enough to strike a deal and start playing for Rot-Weiss Erfurt. In 3 seasons Bunjaku played 74 times and scored a whopping 34 times – including twice (as a substitute) in the DFB Cup tie against FC Bayern Munich (managed by Jurgen Klinsmann) in 2008.

Subsequent to the stint in the lower league, Bunjaku who now had come to the attention of the general footballing public in Germany, was able to move to FC Nuremberg playing 55 times and scoring 14 goals in 3 seasons.

As of the current season (2012), Bunjaku is an integral part of FC Kaiserslautern where so far he has played 12 times and scored 8 goals.

The train for the Albanian FA to take any form of action in regards to booking him for the national team has left the track long ago, as Bunjaku has been acknowledged as an accomplished striker by the Swiss national coach and handed 6 caps so far.

All that is left to us to do, is to wish him the best of the best in his footballing career, and hopefully sit back and appreciate all that he has achieved and all that he will achieve. A true talent.