 Bujupi withKosovo U19 in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2006-07-03)3 July 2006 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Böblingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Westerlo (on loan fromVfB Stuttgart II) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | VfL Sindelfingen | ||
| 2016–2017 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| 2017–2025 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | VfB Stuttgart II | 11 | (2) |
| 2025– | →Westerlo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Germany U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Germany U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Kosovo U19 | 8 | (5) |
| 2025– | Kosovo U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Kosovo | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 | |||
Eliot Bujupi (born 3 July 2006) is a footballer who plays as astriker forBelgian Pro League clubWesterlo, on loan from3. Liga clubVfB Stuttgart II. Born in Germany and represented them atyouth international level, before switching in 2023 to represent theKosovo national team.
Bujupi initially played forVfL Sindelfingen in his youth and then forStuttgarter Kickers for a year in the 2016–17 season. He moved toVfB Stuttgart in 2017 with which in the 2021–22 season he became the U17 runner-up with the team. On 10 July 2024, Bujupi extended his contract long-term.[1]
On 23 November 2024, he was named as aVfB Stuttgart II substitute for the first time in a3. Liga match againstSC Verl.[2] His debut with VfB Stuttgart II came seven days later in a 2–0 home win againstWaldhof Mannheim after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute in place ofThomas Kastanaras.[3] Seven days after debut, Bujupi scored his first goal for VfB Stuttgart II in his second appearance for the club in a 2–1 away defeat overAlemannia Aachen in 3. Liga.[4]
On 8 September 2025, Bujupi joinedWesterlo of theBelgian Pro League until the end of the2025-26 season.[5]
Born and raised in Germany, Bujupi is of Kosovan origin fromArllat.[6][7] From 2021 to 2023, Bujupi represented Germany atyouth international level, being part of theU16 and U17 teams and he with these teams played ten matches and scored one goal.
On 24 June 2023, theFootball Federation of Kosovo announced that Bujupi had decided to play for theKosovo national team.[8] On 1 September 2023, he received a call-up fromKosovo U19 for a four-day training camp inNuremberg.[9] His debut with Kosovo U19 came on 15 November in theUEFA Euro 2024 qualifying againstSlovakia after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 1–1 away win.[10]
On 30 August 2024, Bujupi received a call-up from Kosovo for the2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches againstRomania andCyprus.[11] His debut with Kosovo came ten days later in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League match against Cyprus after coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute in place ofLindon Emërllahu.[12]
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