Besnik Hasi

Besnik Hasi

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Personal information
Full name	Besnik Hasi
Date of birth	(1971-12-29) 29 December 1971
Place of birth	Gjakova, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Centre back/Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Anderlecht (manager)
Youth career
	Vëllaznimi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Liria Prizren	46	(7)
1990–1994	NK Zagreb	5	(1)
1991	→ Dinamo Pančevo (loan)
1992–1993	→ Priština (loan)	1	(0)
1993–1994	→ Samobor (loan)
1994–2000	KRC Genk	141	(22)
1997–1998	→ TSV 1860 München (loan)	7	(0)
2000–2006	Anderlecht	107	(1)
2006–2007	Lokeren	35	(1)
2007–2008	Cercle Brugge	31	(0)
International career
2000–2007	Albania	47	(2)
Managerial career
2008–2014	Anderlecht (assistant)
2014–	Anderlecht
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Besnik Hasi (born 29 December 1971) is an Albanian football manager and former player who is manager at RSC Anderlecht.

Club career

Born in Gjakova, SFR Yugoslavia, he began playing with his hometown team KF Vëllaznimi at an early age before joining KF Liria playing back then in the Yugoslav Second League where he begin playing as senior. He played one game with FC Prishtina in the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League. He will also play with NK Zagreb and FK Dinamo Pančevo still in Yugoslavia. In 1992 he returned to NK Zagreb, now playing in a newly formed Croatian First League and he will also play with NK Samobor before moving to Belgium.

Hasi moved to KRC Genk in mid-1994, then to TSV 1860 München where he played only seven times during the 1997–98 season. He returned to KRC Genk establishing himself in starting lineup, winning the Belgian Title in 1998–99 season.

Hasi moved to RSC Anderlecht in May 2000 and, despite only playing 16 matches in his first season due to injury problems, helped the club retain their league title. He played 30 games the following year, including five in the UEFA Champions League to add to his five of the previous season.

Groin and knee problems restricted Hasi to eleven league appearances and four UEFA Cup games in 2002–03, however, but he returned to fitness to help Anderlecht win back the Belgian crown the following season.

In the 2004–05 season, he suffered torn ligaments in his left knee and was out for three months, when he came back he was limited to just 14 starts as Anderlecht relinquished the title.

Hasi moved to Lokeren during the 2005–06 season. On 11 June 2007, he signed a two-year contract with Cercle Brugge.

International career

He has 50 caps for Albania, in which he scored twice. Hasi was the first Kosovar Albanian to play for Albania, and is considered by Albanian Sports media as the man who united Kosovo and Albania.

International goals

Scores and results lists Albania's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 September 2003	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana	Georgia	1–0	3–1	Euro 2004 qualifier
2.	2 September 2006	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk	Belarus	2–2	2–2	Euro 2008 qualifier

Managerial career

Hasi retired at the end of the 2007–08 season and became the assistant manager of his former club RSC Anderlecht. He signed a two-year contract at the club in 2008. On 10 March 2014 he replaced John van den Brom as head coach.

Managerial record

As of 19 February 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Anderlecht	10 March 2014	Present	51	29	14	8	56.86
Total			51	29	14	8	56.86	—

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia			League		Yugoslav Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1988–89	Liria		27	3
1989–90			19	4
1990–91	Zagreb		5	0
1991–92	Dinamo Pančevo		?	?
Croatia			League		Croatian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1992–93	Zagreb	Prva HNL	0	0
1993–94	Samobor	Druga HNL	?	?
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1994–95	Genk	Second Division	33	14
1995–96			28	2
1996–97		First Division	18	2
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1997–98	1860 München	Bundesliga	7	0
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1998–99	Genk	First Division	32	2
1999–2000			29	1
2000–01	Anderlecht	First Division	16	0
2001–02			30	1
2002–03			15	0
2003–04			28	0
2004–05			16	0
2005–06			3	0
2005–06	Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	First Division	15	1
2006–07			20	0
2007–08	Cercle Brugge	First Division	31	0
Country	Yugoslavia		51	7
	Croatia		0	0
	Belgium		314	23
	Germany		7	0
Total			372	30

International

Albania national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	1	0
2001	5	0
2002	5	0
2003	11	1
2004	7	0
2005	7	0
2006	5	1
2007	1	0
Total	42	2

Honours

Player

Genk

• Belgian Pro League (1): 1998–99
• Belgian Cup (1): 1999–2000

Anderlecht

• Belgian Pro League (3): 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06
• Belgian Super Cup (1): 2000, 2001

Manager

Anderlecht

• Belgian Pro League (1): 2013–14
• Belgian Super Cup (1): 2014

Notes

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

External links

• Besnik Hasi at the official Cercle Brugge site (Dutch)
• Besnik Hasi at National Football Teams