Bekim Kastrati
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Bekim Kastrati is an Albania
n football player who plays as a striker for Wuppertaler SV Borussia
.
in January 2010, switching to Wuppertaler SV Borussia
in May. Prior to playing for Düsseldorf he had played for a number of German clubs including Fortuna Düsseldorf
, Eintracht Braunschweig
and Borussia Mönchengladbach
.
sides Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund
and Bayer 04 Leverkusen over for a short one-day tournament. Fortuna won it, beating Dortmund 1-0 in the final. The winning goal was scored by Kastrati. A few days later, Fortuna played a friendly against Bayern Munich. Bayern won 3-2, thanks to goals by Jan Schlaudraff
and Luca Toni
. Kastrati had a chance to equalise in the 89th minute, but he unfortunately crashed into Bayern’s third choice keeper Bernd Dreher
. It was this incident where he suffered a fractured testicle and had to be brought to a hospital to undergo an emergency operation.
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
n football player who plays as a striker for Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Wuppertaler SV Borussia is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – each with its own football club...
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Career
He is a striker who had joined Bonn from Dynamo DresdenDynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...
in January 2010, switching to Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Wuppertaler SV Borussia is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – each with its own football club...
in May. Prior to playing for Düsseldorf he had played for a number of German clubs including Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...
, Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
and Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
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Injury
In January 2008 Fortuna Düsseldorf hosted the SWD Wintercup, inviting BundesligaFußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
sides Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
and Bayer 04 Leverkusen over for a short one-day tournament. Fortuna won it, beating Dortmund 1-0 in the final. The winning goal was scored by Kastrati. A few days later, Fortuna played a friendly against Bayern Munich. Bayern won 3-2, thanks to goals by Jan Schlaudraff
Jan Schlaudraff
Jan Schlaudraff is a German footballer who currently plays for Hannover 96, primarily as a striker.-Club career:Schlaudraff started playing professionally for Borussia Mönchengladbach, mainly as a midfielder...
and Luca Toni
Luca Toni
Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
. Kastrati had a chance to equalise in the 89th minute, but he unfortunately crashed into Bayern’s third choice keeper Bernd Dreher
Bernd Dreher
Bernd Dreher is a German former football player.The 41-year-old keeper originally hung up his gloves in summer 2003, taking up the role of Bayern youth goalkeeping coach and lending a hand to senior counterpart Sepp Maier in his efforts to keep Oliver Kahn and Michael Rensing in peak form...
. It was this incident where he suffered a fractured testicle and had to be brought to a hospital to undergo an emergency operation.