Background
His father, Ismet, was a table tennis player in Kosovo.
His father, Ismet, was a table tennis player in Kosovo.
Harbuzi"s family migrated to Sweden. Early career
Growing up in the Malmö district Rosengård, he began his career with Malmö Business intelligence, the same club where Zlatan Ibrahimović began his career. Being a very hot prospect in his young years, he was spotted by Swedish Malmö FF. Feyenoord
At 15 years old, he was signed by Dutch club Feyenoord where he started playing professional football in the club"s reserve team and youth team
In 2005 he was loaned to their satellite club Excelsior where he played 9 league games.
Malmö FF
In the spring of 2006, he returned to Malmö FF and made his Allsvenskan debut that same year. In 2009 he made history when he became the first goalscorer in the then newly built Swedbank Stadion.
Gençlerbirliği
On 11 July 2009, Harbuzi signed with the Turkish club Gençlerbirliği South.K. His contract with the side started in January 2010, when his contract with Malmö FF expired. He has since scored 5 goals, gaining 11 assists, a promising returning for a Bosman signing.
He has received great praise from Gençlerbirliği fans and head coach, Fuat Çapa.
He left Gençlerbirliği on 20 December 2011 after coming to a mutual agreement with the club to terminate his contract. He was a Swedish under-21 international, making his debut against Republic of Ireland on 28 February 2006. He also played in the 2009 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Football Championship.
In 2011, Harbuzi declared to the media in two different interviews that, given his ethnicity and also his feelings about being an Albanian, he desires to be part of Albania"s national football team in the future and is eagerly awaiting a convocation and has been in contact with the Albanian Football Association.