Samir Zekiqi (born 23 January 1995) is a Kosovan professional
basketball
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player for
Vëllaznimi of the
Kosovo Superleague. He is part of the
Kosovo national team.
Early life and college career
Born in
Mitrovicë
Mitrovica (Albanian language, Albanian Definiteness, indefinite Albanian morphology#Nouns (declension), form: ''Mitrovicë''; sr-Cyrl, Митровица, Mitrovica), also referred to as Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-Cyrl, Косовска Митр� ...
, Zekiqi started his youth career for Trepça. In the beginning of 2011, he became part of
Maliye Milli. Later he became part of the
Karşıyaka Yamanlar College where his teammates were
Egemen Güven
Akif Egemen Güven (born 25 September 1996) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
Turkish national team
He is a regular Turkish youth national team player. Güven won ...
, Hüseyin Nuriler and many others.
Professional career
Trepça (2016–2017)
On October 4, 2016, Zekiqi signed for
Trepça Trepca ( / ''Trepča'', ) may refer to:
* Trepça Mines, an industrial complex in Mitrovica, Kosovo
* KB Trepça, a basketball club in Mitrovica founded in 1947
* KF Trepça, a football club in Mitrovica founded in 1932
* KH Trepça, a handball clu ...
of the
Kosovo Superleague and
BIBL. Zekiqi averaged 16.4 points per game in the
2016–17 Kosovo Superleague season and 8.4 points per game in the
2016–17 Balkan League season.
Ylli (2019–2021)
On August 19, 2019, Zekiqi signed for
Ylli of the
Kosovo Superleague.
Peja (2022–2023)
On 6 December, 2022, Zekiqi signed for
Peja
Peja or Peć, ), is the fifth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova region on the eastern section of the Accursed Mountains along the Peja's Lumbar ...
of the
Kosovo Superleague,
Liga Unike
Liga Unike () is a professional basketball league in Albania and Kosovo. The first inaugural season will start on 6 April 2021, and the league was praised from Turgay Demirel, president of FIBA Europe, who was present at the inauguration.
Teams
To ...
and
BIBL.
International career
Zekiqi was one of the first players of
Kosovo
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and his official debut with Kosovo came on 14 September 2016 in the
EuroBasket 2017 qualification
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Qualification format
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match against
Ukraine
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.
Personal life
Samir Zekiqi's brothers Burim and Ramadan are also professional basketball players.
Honours
Trepça
*
Kosovo Cup (2022)
Ylli
*
Kosovo Superleague: (
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
)
*
Liga Unike
Liga Unike () is a professional basketball league in Albania and Kosovo. The first inaugural season will start on 6 April 2021, and the league was praised from Turgay Demirel, president of FIBA Europe, who was present at the inauguration.
Teams
To ...
: (
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
)
Peja
*
Kosovo Superleague: (
2023
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)
*
Kosovo Cup (2015)
Individual awards
*
Kosovo Superleague top scorer: (
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
)
*Rookie of the year in the
Kosovo Superleague: (
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
)
References
External links
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Samir Zekiqiat RealGM
Samir Zekiqiat
BIBL
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zekiqi, Samir
1995 births
Living people
Kosovo Albanians
Basketball players from Mitrovica, Kosovo
Kosovan men's basketball players
Power forwards
KB Trepça players
KB RTV21 players
KB Peja players
Bashkimi Prizren players
KB Ylli players
KB Vëllaznimi players
Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Turkey