Edmond Abazi (born 29 January 1963) is an Albanian-Portuguese retired international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His sons Richard Abazaj (born 2003) and Romeu Abazaj are both Luso-Albanian footballers as well.

Club career

Abazaj was born in Tirana in 1963. He made his league debut for Dinamo Tirana in 1985. He was one of the first players to move abroad after Albania's borders opened up in 1990 and he played for clubs such as Hajduk Split, S.L. Benfica, Boavista FC and Manchester City.

Eduard Abazi

National team statistics

Honours

Albanian Superliga: 1986, 1990

Albanian Cup: 1989, 1990

Croatian League: 1992

Croatian Cup: 1993

Croatian Supercup: 1992, 1993

Portuguese Liga: 1994

References

External links

Stats from Croatia at HRrepka.

Eduard Abazi

1963 births

Living people

Footballers from Tirana

Men's association football midfielders

FC Dinamo City players

Académica de Coimbra (football) players

Albanian expatriate men's footballers

Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia

Albanian expatriate sportspeople in England

Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal

Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia

Albanian football managers

Albanian men's footballers

Albania men's international footballers

Boavista F.C. players

Croatian Football League players

Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia

Expatriate men's footballers in England

Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal

Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia

HNK Hajduk Split players

HNK Šibenik players

Kategoria Superiore players

Manchester City F.C. players

Portuguese people of Albanian descent

Primeira Liga players

Shkumbini Peqin managers

S.L. Benfica footballers

Yugoslav First League players

Eduard Abazi