Valmir Nafiu
Macedonian footballer
Valmir Nafiu (Macedonian: Валмир Нафиу; born 23 April 1994) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays mainly as a winger or striker for Malisheva.
Club career
Shkëndija
At the end of his debuting season, Nafiu garnered interest from FC Basel and FC Barcelona.
He went on trial where he impressed the Swiss club and Basel and Shkëndija reached a deal for Nafiu to remain in Switzerland before officially completing the transfer once he turned eighteen.
Basel
Nafiu officially joined on 23 April 2012, on his eighteenth birthday. He mainly played for the youth teams at Basel and was not capped at senior level. At Basel, Nafiu trained under Thorsten Fink.
Hamburger SV
When Fink left Basel and took the managerial position at Hamburger SV, Nafiu followed suit. In 2012, Nafiu made his debut for Hamburg's reserve team. He made his Bundesliga debut at 25 October 2014 against Hertha BSC replacing Pierre-Michel Lasogga after 74 minutes in a 3–0 away defeat. He added a further Bundesliga appearance against VfL Wolfsburg on 9 November 2014, before he mutually terminated his contract with Hamburger SV in January 2015.
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