Përparim Hetemaj

Përparim Hetemaj

Përparim Hetemaj (born 12 December 1986) is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club HJK. Born in Kosovo, Hetemaj arrived in Finland when he was six years old and played for HJK's youth teams; signing a professional contract in 2004 at age 17. He joined Greek side AEK Athens in 2006, and moved to Twente in 2009. Subsequently, in 2010, he was signed by Brescia and was transferred to Chievo in 2011. Hetemaj played a total of 300 matches in the Serie A, before returning to Finland in 2022 after a season with Reggina in the Serie B. Hetemaj made his international debut for Finland in February 2009, at the age of 22, and made 50 appearances, including appearing in 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications, before his retirement from international football in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Përparim Hetemaj has received more than 213,164 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Përparim Hetemaj is the 9,343rd most popular soccer player (down from 8,559th in 2019).