Blerim Rrustemi
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Blerim Rrustemi is an Albanian football
Football (soccer)
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er from Kosovo
Kosovo
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, who plays as a defender. Rrustemi likes to play as a defensive midfielder, but played in defense for Alki Larnaca and the Albanian National Team
Albania national football team
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. Currently
he plays for Vllaznia Shkoder.

Club career

As a youngster, he has attended and played for Weston Collegiate Institute
Weston Collegiate Institute
Weston Collegiate Institute is a Grade 9 to 12 public high school located in the York South-Weston area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the second oldest high school in Toronto, after Jarvis Collegiate Institute. Weston CI is located on 100 Pine Street and is near the Jane Street & Lawrence...

 high-school in Toronto, Canada. While in Toronto, he has played for the Azzuri in 1999-2000 and the Toronto Supra
Portugal FC
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 in 2000-2001 which are both teams of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He has also played for different Albanian teams in Toronto
Toronto
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.

He moved to South America
South America
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, playing for Portuguesa
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...

 of Brasil in 2001-2002 and Defensor Sporting of Uruguay
Uruguay
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 in 2002-2004.

Then he come back to Europe
Europe
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 where he played between 2004-2008 in Germany
Germany
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 at amateur teams Borussia Mönchengladbach II and Rot-Weiß Erfurt and couple of months in Denmark
Denmark
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 first division for AC Horsens
AC Horsens
AC Horsens is a professional Danish football team, playing in the Danish Superliga championship. They play on Forum Horsens Stadion in Horsens. The club was founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS and the merger of Dagnæs IF and B 1940; FC Horsens.-History:When the new team started in...

. In 2008-2009 he played in Cyprus
Cyprus
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 first division at Alki Larnaca.
He signed for the Albanian team KS Vllaznia in October 2009.

International career

Though born in Kosovo, like many other Kosovo-born players of Albanian ethnicity, he decided on joining the Albania national football team
Albania national football team
The Albania national association football team is the national association football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania...

. His debut came in the friendly against the England B
England B national football team
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 team.

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