| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Agonit Sallaj | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Biel-Bienne (on loan from Xamax) |
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| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010- | Neuchâtel Xamax | 1 | (0) |
| 2011- | → Biel-Bienne (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011- | Albania | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Agonit Sallaj (born 14 February 1992) is an Albanian professional footballer from Kosovo who plays for Swiss side FC Biel-Bienne as a defender, on loan from Neuchâtel Xamax.
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Being born in Kosovo, then Serbia, Yugoslavia, to ethnic Albanian parents and raised in Switzerland, Sallaj was eligible to play for Switzerland, Albania and Kosovo if a national team should be formed, but in March 2011 he answered the call by Albania's U-21 coach Artan Bushati for a friendly tournament in Slovenia. He was then given Albanian citizenship in order to represent the country.[1]
Sallaj was selected by Josip Kuže for a friendly against Argentina on 20 June 2011.[2] He made his debut in the 67th minute as a substitute in a game which ended in a 4-0 loss.[3][4]