Jasir Asani

Jasir Fadil Asani (born 19 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club UD Las Palmas. Born in North Macedonia, he plays for the Albania national team.

Early life and career
Jasir Asani was born in Skopje to Albanian parents, from the village of Batincë. Asani begun his professional career with Vardar, making his debut on 25 August 2013 by coming on in the last minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to Turnovo.

Partizani
Asani completed a transfer to Partizani Tirana on 23 September 2017, after the expiration of the transfer window. As a result, he was initially relegated to Partizani B. He scored a hat-trick on 14 October for Partizani B against Sopoti to give his side the 4–1 victory.

He made his professional debut on 29 October with Partizani against Flamurtari, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in place of Milan Basrak.

Asani scored his first goal for Partizani on 4 February 2018 in a 2–1 home win over Kamza.

In January 2020, Asani was loaned to Swedish side AIK Fotboll until the end of the season with an option to buy for €400,000. He scored on his first appearance in the Allsvenskan, 2–0 win at Örebro SK. After only seven appearances in all competitions, in a season which was prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, AIK did not exercise the buy clause for Asani, who returned to Partizani for the 2020–21 season.

Gwangju FC
On 28 December 2022, Asani joined K League 1 side Gwangju FC on a permanent deal.

On 18 March 2023, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 league win over Incheon United.

International career
Having represented Macedonian at several youth levels, Asani received Albanian citizenship on 18 March 2016, joining the Albania under-21 player pool. He played his first international match for the Albania under-21 side on 22 January 2016 by netting his side's only goal in the 1–1 draw versus Saudi Arabia.

When former Brazil international Sylvinho became the manager of the Albanian national football team in early 2023, he desired a left-footed right winger for his 4–3–3 formation. Sylvinho found Asani in the Albanian Football Federation's database and watched his highlights from Hungary and live matches from South Korea in the early morning. Sylvinho called up Asani for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying game against Poland on 27 March 2023. Asani made his senior debut in the 1–0 away loss, starting and playing the first 70 minutes. Asani scored his first international goal against Moldova for the Euro 2024 qualifiers. He totalled three goals and two assists as Albania qualified for the tournament in Germany.

International

 * Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asani goal.

Honours
Vardar
 * Macedonian First League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

FK Partizani Tirana
 * Kategoria Superiore: 2018–19
 * Albanian Supercup: 2019–20