Jasir Asani

Jasir Asani

Asani with Gwangju in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Jasir Fadil Asani
Date of birth	(1995-05-19) 19 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Skopje, Macedonia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	Gwangju FC
Number	7
Youth career
2010–2013	Vardar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Vardar	66	(17)
2017	→ Shkupi (loan)	14	(3)
2017	Pobeda	2	(0)
2017–2019	Partizani B	5	(3)
2017–2021	Partizani	106	(24)
2020	→ AIK (loan)	4	(1)
2021–2023	Kisvárda	44	(6)
2023–	Gwangju FC	43	(10)
International career‡
2014–2015	Macedonia U21	4	(0)
2016	Albania U21	1	(1)
2023–	Albania	20	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024

Jasir Fadil Asani (born 19 May 1995) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for K League 1 club Gwangju FC. Born in North Macedonia, he plays for the Albania national team.

Asani was born in Skopje to Albanian parents, from the village of Batincë. Asani begun his professional career with Macedonian club Vardar, making his debut on 25 August 2013 by coming on in the last minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to Turnovo.^[1]

On 1 March 2014, he scored his first professional career goal in a 1–2 defeat to Rabotnički. Asani then recorded his first career hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Napredok on 30 March 2014.

On 25 January 2017, Asani was loaned out to Shkupi for the second half of the 2016–17 season. On 12 March 2017, he scored a brace to secure a 3–2 win for the team against Renova. He ended the season with 3 goals and 4 assists in 13 matches before returning to Vardar.

On 24 July 2017, Asani then moved to Pobeda on a free transfer. He make his debut on 13 August in a 1–2 lost to Pelister.

Asani completed a transfer to Albanian club Partizani on 23 September 2017,^[2] after the expiration of the transfer window. As a result, he was initially relegated to Partizani B. He scored a hat-trick on 14 October for Partizani B against Sopoti to give his side the 4–1 victory.^[3]

He made his professional debut on 29 October with Partizani against Flamurtari, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in place of Milan Basrak.^[4]

Asani scored his first goal for Partizani on 4 February 2018 in a 2–1 home win over Kamza.^[5]

On 7 January 2020, Asani was loaned to Swedish side AIK until the end of the season with an option to buy for €400,000.^[6] He scored on his debut in the Allsvenskan, 2–0 win at Örebro on 14 June.^[7] After only seven appearances in all competitions, in a season which was prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, AIK did not exercise the buy clause for Asani, who returned to Partizani for the 2020–21 season.^[8]

On 8 July 2021, Asani then moved to Hungarian club Kisvárda. He make his debut in a 2–1 win over Ferencváros on 31 July. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Paksi on 22 October.

On 28 December 2022, Asani joined K League 1 side Gwangju FC on a permanent deal.^[9] On his debut for the club on 23 February 2023, he scored the only goal to secure a 1–0 win over Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Asani then scored his second career hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Incheon United on 18 March.^[10][11]

On 17 September 2024, Asani became the first player to scored a hat-trick in the inaugural 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite against Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos in a 7–3 thrashing win. Asani then scored the winning goal in the AFC Champions League Elite fixture against Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale on 1 October where he scored the only goal to secure the 3 points for the team. In the third AFC Champions League Elite fixture against Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim, Asani scored a brace within 6 minutes into the match which then secured a 3–1 win for the club.

Having represented Macedonian at several youth levels, Asani received Albanian citizenship on 18 March 2016, joining the Albania under-21 player pool.^[12] He played his first international match for the Albania under-21 side on 22 January 2016 by netting his side's only goal in the 1–1 draw versus Saudi Arabia.^[13]

When former Brazil international Sylvinho became the manager of the Albanian national team in early 2023, he desired a left-footed right winger for his 4–3–3 formation. Sylvinho found Asani in the Albanian Football Federation's database and watched his highlights from Hungary and live matches from South Korea in the early morning.^[14] Sylvinho called up Asani for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying game against Poland on 27 March 2023.^[15] Asani made his senior debut in the 1–0 away loss, starting and playing the first 70 minutes.^[16][17] Asani scored his first international goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Moldova.^[18] He totalled three goals and two assists as Albania qualified for the UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany.^[14]

As of match played 6 December 2024^{[19][20][21][22]}

As of match played 14 October 2024^[21][23]

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asani goal.

List of international goals scored by Jasir Asani

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 June 2023	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	Moldova	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2	10 September 2023	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	Poland	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
3	12 October 2023	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	Czech Republic	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4	3 June 2024	Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely, Hungary	Liechtenstein	2–0	3–0	Friendly
5	7 September 2024	Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic	Ukraine	2–1	2–1	2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

Vardar

• Macedonian First League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

FK Partizani Tirana

• Kategoria Superiore: 2018–19
• Albanian Supercup: 2019

• Jasir Asani at WorldFootball.net