Visar Musliu (; born 13 November 1994) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden and the North Macedonia national team.
Club career Musliu started his football career in FK Renova where he spent most of his first five years. In between, he also spent six months on loan at FK Gostivar. The summer in 2014, he transferred to Swiss side St. Gallen on a one-year contract, but he didn't get to play there as they sent him back on loan to Renova.
On 3 June 2017, he made a transfer to Macedonian champion FK Vardar where they hired him as a reinforcement for the upcoming Champions League qualifications.fkvardar.mk Vardar signed Musliu In the end, Musliu helped Vardar qualify for the 2017-18 Europa League Group stage, becoming the first Macedonian football club to ever qualify for a European UEFA tournament.macedonianfootball.com Vardar reaches Europa League group stage
On 5 August 2019, he moved from Shkëndija to Hungarian outfit Fehérvár.
On 19 January 2022, Musliu joined 2. Bundesliga club FC Ingolstadt.
In June 2023, Musliu signed for SC Paderborn following his departure from Ingolstadt.
On 4 February 2025, Musliu moved to Sint-Truiden in Belgium.
International career Musliu was part of the Macedonia national under-21 football team from 2013 to 2017, winning 12 caps. He was part of the first Macedonia U21 generation that qualified for a final tournamentmacedonianfootball.com MKD qualified for EURO U21 where he also got to play in the last game in the groups, coming in as a substitute in the 28th minute for Marjan Radeski in the match against Portugal.UEFA MKD-POR Match Report
On 2 September 2017, he also made his debut for the senior national team in a World Cup qualifier against Israel, where Visar played the full game and helped his side keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory.UEFA ISR-MKD Match Report Musliu has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring one goal.Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team – RSSSF
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRenova2012–13Macedonian First Football League5000——502013–1424100——241Total291000000291Renova (loan)2014–15Macedonian First Football League13120——151Renova2015–16Macedonian First Football League3030020—3232016–1733400——334Total637002000657Vardar2017–18Macedonian First Football League1110060—171Shkëndija (loan)2017–18Macedonian First Football League1525300—205Shkëndija2018–19Macedonian First Football League2942080—3942019–20000040—40Total2942012000434Fehérvár2019–20Nemzeti Bajnokság I2629100003532020–212603030003202021–2280101000100Total6021314000773FC Ingolstadt2021–222. Bundesliga14100—001412022–233. Liga25000—00250Total391000000391Career total259192242400029523
International Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Musliu goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Visar MusliuNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 9 October 2017 Stadion Mladost, Strumica, North Macedonia 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification2 22 March 2025 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 2–0 3–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
References
External links Visar Musliu at Football Federation of Macedonia Visar Musliu at MacedonianFootball.com