Emil Abaz

Emil Abaz
Abaz with North Macedonia U21 in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 KSC City Pirates
Number 7
Youth career
–2013 Beerschot
2013–2016 Anderlecht
2016 Dinamo Zagreb
2017 Spartak Subotica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Dinamo Zagreb II 7 (0)
2017 Spartak Subotica 22 (0)
2018–2019 Beerschot Wilrijk 11 (0)
2019–2020 Borec 21 (0)
2020–2023 Rupel Boom 17 (5)
2023–2024 Cappellen 18 (1)
2024– KSC City Pirates 9 (4)
International career
Belgium U16
2014 Macedonia U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Macedonia U19 6 (0)
2017–2019 North Macedonia U21 15 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 January 2026

Emil Abaz (Macedonian: Емил Абаз; born 17 January 1998) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for KSC City Pirates.

Club career

Born in Skopje, Abaz played with Beerschot A.C. before joining the youth team of Belgian club Anderlecht in 2013.[citation needed] He played for Anderlecht in the semi-finals of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League against Chelsea.

In summer 2016 he signed with Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb. Abaz played for Dinamo in the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League and with Dinamo Zagreb II in the 2016–17 Croatian Second League.

In January 2017, during the winter-break, he left Dinamo Zagreb and signed with Serbian club Spartak Subotica. He made his debut in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga in the 26th round played on 12 March 2017, in an away game against FK Rad, a 3–0 defeat. At the beginning of 2018, Abaz mutually terminated the contract with Spartak, and left the club as a free agent.

International career

As a Romani born in Skopje, he represented initially Belgium where he was living, playing for Belgium U-16. Then he switched and started playing for Macedonia. He made appearances for Macedonia U-17 and U-19 national teams.

On 24 March 2017, he made his debut for the Macedonia U-21 national team, entering the game in the 69th minute as a substitute for the captain Petar Petkovski, in a friendly match against Montenegro U-21 that Macedonia won with 2–0.

Personal life

Abaz also holds Belgian citizenship.

References

  1. 1 2 Emil Abaz has signed for Dinamo Zagreb by Ramuš Muarem, at romatimes.news, 6-9-20166, retrieved 12-3-2017
  2. 1 2 'Anderlecht neemt afscheid van jeugdinternational' at voetbalnieuws.be, 21-6-2016, retrieved 12-3-2017 (in Dutch)
  3. 1 2 3 Emil Abaz at UEFA.com
  4. 1 2 Emil Abaz profile at Soccerway
  5. ↑ Iz zagrebačkog Dinama u Superligu Srbije at sportskacentrala.com, 25-1-2017, retrieved 12-3-2017 (in Serbian)
  6. ↑ Rad vs Spartak ŽK match report Archived 9 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine at superliga.rs
  7. ↑ Суботичани желе излазак на европску сцену at vojvodjanskevesti.rs, 10-1-2018, retrieved 17-2-2018 (in Serbian)
  8. ↑ Emil Abaz at talentshunter.eu
  9. ↑ Macedonia U21 – Montenegro U21 report Archived 28 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine at ffm.mk