| Imran Bunjaku | |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Grasshoppers |
| Years1: | 2010–2014 |
| Caps1: | 61 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2014–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Schaffhausen |
| Caps3: | 133 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 2021–2022 |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Aarau (loan) |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Aarau |
| Caps6: | 23 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Albania U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014– |
| Nationalteam2: | Kosovo |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 18 June 2023 |
| Ntupdate: | 10 October 2015 |
Imran Bunjaku (born 18 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1] [2] Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.
Before the 2021–22 season, he returned to Grasshoppers after six-and-a-half seasons at Schaffhausen. On 30 August 2021, he moved to Aarau on loan.[3] On 14 June 2022, he signed a one-year contract with an option to extend with Aarau, after his contract at Grasshoppers was not renewed.[4]
Originating from Kosovo with ethnic Albanian parents and born in Switzerland, Bunjaku was eligible to play for Switzerland, Albania and Kosovo if a national team should be formed, but in March 2011 he answered the call by Albania's Under-21 coach Artan Bushati for a non official friendly tournament held in Slovenia.[5]
He officially gained Albanian citizenship on 26 August 2011 along with his Grasshopper teammate Mërgim Brahimi, in order to compete in the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[6] [7]
In 2014 Bunjaku received call-up from Kosovo[8] and he made his debut for Kosovo on 25 May 2014 in a friendly match against Senegal.
On 7 September 2024, in another friendly game against Oman, he scored his first and only goal for Kosovo, becoming at 21 years and 10 months the country’s youngest goalscorer.[9] This record was broken on 13 November 2015 by Bersant Celina who was 19 years and 2 months when he scored against Albania.[10]
He earned his third and final cap with Kosovo on 10 October 2015 during a friendly match against Equatorial Guinea.[11]