Edmond "Edo" Azemi (born 19 September 1980) is a Kosovan former professional

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player who played for

KB Prishtina Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina ( English: ''Basketball Club Prishtina''), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina. The team currently competes in the Kosovo Sup ...

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and in

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. He is ethnically Albanian. Edmond Azemi is one of the most successful players in the history of basketball in Kosovo. He started the career in Kosovo in KB Prishtina. Most of the years he played with

team where he made history winning 10x Kosovo Basketball superleague, 9x Kosovo Cups, 3x Kosovo Supercups and 2x Balkan League. Edmond Azemi is a member of the

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from 2011. He was part of the Albanian national basketball team from 2004 to 2010. Azemi also holds a

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n passport.

Personal

He was born in

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father and Croatian mother. He spent his teen years in

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and also started the career in

where he made history. Now Edmond Azemi lives in

, he is married to Elma Ibro and they have two children.

Professional career

2005-2010 season

In 2005-06 season, Edmond Azemi played in KB Valbona Tropoje in

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and also in Eurocup Challenge where he was one of the best players of his team. He averaged with 9.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game. Also in 2005-06 season he played with KB Prishtina where he averaged with 10.3 points and 2.6 assists per game. Then in 2006-07 he played for KR Basket in the

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and helped them win the national championship. For the season he averaged 9.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.4 steals in 12 games played. From Iceland he returned in Kosovo at

to play just two seasons and to go to Macedonian basketball superleague at KB Liria team where he played 13 games with average - 12.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

2010-2015 seasons

From KK Lirija, Azemi returned again in KB

Sigal Prishtina Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina ( English: ''Basketball Club Prishtina''), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina. The team currently competes in the Kosovo Sup ...

in 2010-11 where he won

MVP of 2010/11 season, and also the Kosovo Cup. In 2010/11 he averaged with very impressive stats: 22.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. In 2013/14 season Edmond Azemi with his team Sigal Prishtina played in

for the first time in history. In the first season in BIBL Sigal Prishtina went to the final four of this league where they were organizers of this event. During this season of BIBL, Azemi averaged with 4.1 points and 1.8 rebounds in 16 games played. The 2014-15 season was one of the best in history not just for Azemi but also for KB

because in this season they won Balkan League for the first time and also Kosovo Superleague Trophy. In this winning season, Azemi averaged with 7.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in 17 games played.

Honors

* 13x

champion (02,03,06,07,08,09,10,11,14,15,16,17,19) * 13x Kosovo Cup winner (03,05,06,07,08,09,10,13,14,16,17,18,19) * 4x Kosovo Supercup winner (2005,2006,2014, 2018) * Icelandic League champion (2007) *

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champion (2015,2016)

Personal

Professional career

2005-2010 season

2010-2015 seasons

Honors

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