1991 - Today
Bekim Balaj (born 11 January 1991) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër and the Albania national team. Balaj started his football career with his hometown club Vllaznia and made his professional debut at the age of 17 before going on to score 17 goals in 38 games for the club before moving to Turkey to join Gençlerbirliği. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bekim Balaj has received more than 253,100 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Bekim Balaj is the 7,724th most popular soccer player (up from 8,406th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Albania (down from 67th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Albanian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Bekim Balaj ranks 7,724 out of 16,880. Before him are Hamdi Harbaoui, Jaime Penedo, Víctor Vázquez Solsona, Jackie Henderson, Nobuhisa Yamada, and Jérémy Morel. After him are Yaw Preko, Robson Ponte, Brett Emerton, Yvon Mvogo, Vladyslav Vashchuk, and Vicente Guaita.
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.76
Rank: 7,718
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.75
Rank: 7,719
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.75
Rank: 7,720
1932 - 2005
HPI: 33.75
Rank: 7,721
1975 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,722
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,723
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,724
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,725
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,726
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,727
1994 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,728
1975 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,729
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,730
Among people born in 1991, Bekim Balaj ranks 268. Before him are Offset, Jolyon Palmer, Alok, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Facundo Ferreyra, and Atsuko Maeda. After him are Victor Wanyama, Liu Shiwen, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Samira Efendi, Kentin Mahé, and Charles Melton.
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.09
Rank: 262
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.05
Rank: 263
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.04
Rank: 264
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 265
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.84
Rank: 266
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.75
Rank: 267
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 268
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.70
Rank: 269
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.68
Rank: 270
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 271
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 272
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.64
Rank: 273
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.62
Rank: 274
Among people born in Albania, Bekim Balaj ranks 75 out of 111. Before him are Lulzim Basha (1974), Ansi Agolli (1982), Elseid Hysaj (1994), Juliana Pasha (1980), Panagiotis Kone (1987), and Rudi Vata (1969). After him are Alban Bushi (1973), Mirela Maniani (1976), Ledina Çelo (1977), Monika Kryemadhi (1974), Elhaida Dani (1993), and Eneda Tarifa (1982).
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 69
1982 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 70
1994 - Present
HPI: 35.31
Rank: 71
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 72
1987 - Present
HPI: 34.40
Rank: 73
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 74
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 75
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 76
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.27
Rank: 77
1977 - Present
HPI: 33.08
Rank: 78
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.18
Rank: 79
1993 - Present
HPI: 31.84
Rank: 80
1982 - Present
HPI: 31.63
Rank: 81
Among soccer players born in Albania, Bekim Balaj ranks 9. Before him are Igli Tare (1973), Erjon Bogdani (1977), Ansi Agolli (1982), Elseid Hysaj (1994), Panagiotis Kone (1987), and Rudi Vata (1969). After him are Alban Bushi (1973), Sotiris Ninis (1990), Orges Shehi (1977), Klodian Duro (1977), Hamdi Salihi (1984), and Isli Hidi (1980).
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 4
1982 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 5
1994 - Present
HPI: 35.31
Rank: 6
1987 - Present
HPI: 34.40
Rank: 7
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 9
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 10
1990 - Present
HPI: 31.44
Rank: 11
1977 - Present
HPI: 30.59
Rank: 12
1977 - Present
HPI: 30.51
Rank: 13
1984 - Present
HPI: 29.94
Rank: 14
1980 - Present
HPI: 29.68
Rank: 15