Egzon Bejtullai
Egzon Bejtullai is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Drita and North Macedonia national team.
Club career
He started his career at FK Teteks, a local club. He made his professional debut in a match against FK Metalurg Skopje on July 30, 2011.In the summer of 2013, he transferred to KF Shkëndija. He scored his first professional goal against FK Skopje on November 19, 2017.
He transferred to Helsingborgs IF in January 2020, but failed to get a chance to play, so he returned to his old home KF Shkëndija in June of the same year.
International career
Bejtullai is of Albanian Macedonian descent. Bejtullai was a regular in the Macedonia U21 team and performed at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland, where he served as first right back choice.In May 2016 and March 2017 he also received call-ups for Macedonia in friendlies against Azerbaijan, Iran and Belarus, but he did not make his debut until 6 September 2018 during the first round of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D competition, when he entered the game against Gibraltar in the 85th minute.
During North Macedonia's opening fixture of the tournament against Austria, immediatedly after striker Marko Arnautović scored, Arnautović angrily shouted towards Bejtullai and teammate Ezgjan Alioski –both of Albanian descent–what were believed to be anti-Albanian slurs. Football Federation of Macedonia released a statement calling for action by UEFA.
In 2021, he was selected by the coach Igor Angelovski to compete in the UEFA Euro 2020.