Bekim Kastrati

Infobox Football biography
playername = Bekim Kastrati


fullname = Bekim Kastrati
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|9|25
cityofbirth = Peje
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
height = 186 cm
position = Striker
currentclub = Fortuna Düsseldorf
clubnumber = 20
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2006
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = FC Wegberg-Beeck
Aris Thessaloniki
Borussia Freialdenhoven
Borussia Mönchengladbach II
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Eintracht Braunschweig
Fortuna Düsseldorf
caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?)
34 (12)
60 (44)
4 (0)
6 (1)
23 (4)
nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = Albania
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Bekim Kastrati (born September 25, 1979) is an Albanian football player who plays as a striker for the Regionalliga Nord team Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Career

Bekim Kastrati is a striker currently playing for the Regionalliga Nord team Fortuna Düsseldorf, he joined the third division club in 2007 from Eintracht Braunschweig. He is also part of the Albania national football team.

Injury

In January 2008 Fortuna Düsseldorf hosted the SWD Wintercup, inviting Bundesliga sides Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen over for a short one-day tournament. And Fortuna actually won it, beating Dortmund 1-0 in the final. The winning goal was scored by Kastrati. A few days later, Fortuna played a friendly against Bayern Munich. Bayern won 3-2, thanks to goals by Jan Schlaudraff and Luca Toni. Kastrati had a chance to equalise in the 89th minute, but he unfortunately crashed into Bayern’s third choice keeper Bernd Dreher. It was this incident where he suffered a fractured testicle and had to be brought to a hospital to undergo an emergency operation.

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/players/player=106201/index.html UEFA.com stats page]