Destan Bajselmani

Destan Bajselmani (born 8 February 1999) is a professional footballer who last played as a right-back for Dutch club PEC Zwolle. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Kosovo at international level.

Club career PEC Zwolle On 5 October 2019, Bajselmani made his debut as a professional footballer in a 1–0 away defeat against Heerenveen after coming on as a substitute at 33rd minute in place of injured Gustavo Hamer. On 16 June 2020, he signed his first professional contract with Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle after agreeing to a two-year deal. In summer 2021, he was sent back to the reserves after disappointing in pre-season.

International career Under-21 In October 2020, it was reported that Bajselmani had chosen to represent Albania at under-21 level and had received a call-up for a friendly match against Slovenia; however, Albania U21 head coach Alban Bushi later confirmed that he had declined to join Albania and had opted to play for Kosovo, with which he joined their national under-21 team in November 2020 for the UEFA Euro 2021 qualification matches against Albania and Turkey. However, due to injury, he was unable to take part in the matches.

Senior On 25 May 2021, Bajselmani received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly matches against San Marino, Malta, Guinea and Gambia. Seven days later, he made his debut with Kosovo in a friendly match against San Marino after being named in the starting line-up.

Personal life Bajselmani was born in Enschede, Netherlands to Kosovo Albanian parents from Suva Reka and Skenderaj.