*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:25, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
Keidi Bare (born 28 August 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Zaragoza.
Club career
Apolonia
Born in Fier, Bare started his youth career for Olimpic CF in January 2010 and after 2+1⁄2 seasons there he moved to his hometown's club Apolonia.[2] He progressed through ranks and in the 2013–14 season he played with the under-19 team making 18 appearances in which he scored 4 goals.[3] He was brought at the senior squad for the first time at the age of 16 for the cup match against Tërbuni in which he didn't play.[4] He debuted professionally on 9 November 2013 in the away win over Pogradeci, entering in the second half.[5] In December 2013 he had a trial at Spanish giants Atlético Madrid.
Atlético Madrid
On 26 December 2013, Bare successfully become an Atlético Madrid player after passing the trial at mini-tournament at Tbilisi, Georgia where was also named the best midfielder.[6]
Bare was assigned to first squad after they were banned from signing new players.[9] He made his first appearance for the 2017–18 season on 25 October by playing as a starter in the 1–1 draw at Elche in the 2017–18 Copa del Rey round of 32.[10]
Málaga
On 31 August 2018, Bare was transferred to Málaga CF and joined their reserve team in the third division.[11] While at Málaga B, Bare was an undisputed starter, playing every match full 90 minutes.[12] However, shortly after, he was promoted to the senior squad,[13] making his debut in the Segunda División on 11 November in the 2–2 away draw against Sporting de Gijón.[14]
Bare established himself as a regular starter for the main squad from January 2019, and featured in both matches of the promotion play-offs as his side was knocked out by Deportivo de La Coruña. On 13 July 2020, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 loss at Sporting Gijón.
He was also part of the team in the elite, where Albania was placed in Group 4.[18] He scored his first under-17 goal on 26 March 2014 in the match against Italy which was lost 1–2 where Bare also served as captain.[19] Albania was eliminated after losing the remaining two matches.
Albania U19
In November 2014, he was brought at under-19 squad by manager Altin Lala for the qualifying campaign of 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[20] He played full-90 minutes in the first two matches against Denmark and Portugal, receiving a yellow card in both matches and reaching completing the number of cards for suspension, and thereby missing the closing match against Wales.[21] Albania was eliminated after losing all three matches.[22]
Bare a received call up by manager Gianni De Biasi for the friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 28 March 2017.[27] He finally made a debut on 26 March 2018 in a 1–0 loss against Norway, after coming on as a second-half replacement for Kamer Qaka.[28]
List of international goals scored by Keidi Bare Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bare goal.
^"Grumbullohet kombetarja U-21" [National team U-21 is gathered] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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