Nationality Albanian Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg) 1999–2005 Sigal Prishtina Weight 98 kg | Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Playing career Height 2.01 m Pro career 1999 | |
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Edmond azemi 30 08 2015
Edmond "Edo" Azemi (born 19 September 1980) is a Kosovo Albanian professional basketball player who plays for Sigal Prishtina in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in Balkan International Basketball League. Edmond Azemi is one of the most successful players in the history of basketball in Kosovo. He Started the career in Kosovo in KB Sigal Prishtina. Most of the years he played with KB Sigal Prishtina team where he made history winning 10x Kosovo Basketball superleague, 9x Kosovo Cups, 3x Kosovo Supercups and 1x Balkan League.
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- Edmond azemi 30 08 2015
- Interaktiv florian miftari edmond azemi 21 04 2015
- Personal
- 2005 2010 season
- 2010 2015 seasons
- Honors
- References
Edmond Azemi is a member of the Kosovo national basketball team from 2011. He was part of the Albanian national basketball team from 2004 to 2010. Azemi holds also a Croatian passport.
Interaktiv florian miftari edmond azemi 21 04 2015
Personal
He was born in Doboj, SFR Yugoslavia, to a Kosovar Albanian Father and Croatian mother. He spent his teen years in Pristina Kosovo, and also started the career in KB Sigal Prishtina where he made history. Now Edmond Azemi lives in Pristina, he is married to Elma Ibro and they have two children.
2005-2010 season
In 2005-06 season, Edmond Azemi played in KB Valbona Tropoje in Albanian Basketball League 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 Sigal prishtina where he averaged with 10.3 points and 2.6 assists per game. Then in 2006-07 he played for K.R. Basket Reykjavík in Premier League (Iceland) where he averaged with 9.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.4 steals in 12 games played. Then from Iceland he returned in Kosovo at Sigal Prishtina to play just 2 seasons and to go to Macedonian basketball superleague at KK Lirija 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 in 2010-11 where he won Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Kosovo Basketball Superleague 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 Balkan International Basketball League 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 Sigal Prishtina 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.
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