| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Astrit Ajdarević | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | IFK Norrköping | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2000 | Rinia IF | ||
| 2001–2007 | Falkenbergs FF | ||
| 2007–2009 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2007 | Falkenbergs FF | 4 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Leicester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Hereford United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Örebro SK | 13 | (5) |
| 2010– | IFK Norrköping | 28 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Sweden U-17 | 15 | (6) |
| 2008–2009 | Sweden U-19 | 13 | (2) |
| 2011- | Sweden U-21 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Astrit Ajdarević (born 17 April 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer currently playing as an Attacking Midfielder for IFK Norrköping and for the Sweden Under-21 national team.
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Born in Pristina, he moved in 1992 with his family to Sweden.[1]
His father Agim Ajdarević was in the 1980s and 1990s a member of FK Spartak Subotica in the Yugoslav First League and moved 1992 to Sweden, he later signed with Falkenbergs FF.[2]
Ajdarević began his career 1996 in his adopted nation Sweden, he played first for Rinia IF and signed than later with Falkenbergs FF, here played between Winter 2006/2007.[1]
On 5 December 2006 Ajdarević completed a second trial at Liverpool and transferred soon afterwards to the club, having impressed the club's coaching staff. He made his Liverpool youth team debut in the FA Youth Cup victory against Reading in January 2007.[3]
He joined Leicester City on trial in January 2009 and signed for the Foxes on the loan signing deadline for football league clubs on 26 March 2009 until the end of the current season, which the Midlands based club will then have the option to sign him permanently.[4] He made his debut as a second half substitute replacing Max Gradel after 70 minutes of Leicester's 2–2 draw with Carlisle United at the Walkers Stadium.[5]
On 30 June 2009 Ajdarević joined Leicester permanently having been released by Liverpool, signing a one-year deal.[6]
On 25 March 2010, Ajdarević joined Hereford United on loan until the end of the season, linking up with Leicester team-mate Craig King.[7]
On 17 May 2010 Ajdarević was released by Leicester along with Stephen Clemence, Levi Porter, Robbie Burns, Carl Pentney, Billy Kee and Alex Cisak.[8]
Ajdarević returned to Sweden in June 2010 and trained with Örebro SK[9] before being offered a contract with them in early July.[10] He scored for them on his debut on 18 July in a 3–3 draw against IF Elfsborg,[11] and followed this up by scoring twice in the next match, a 3–0 win, again against IF Elsborg.[12]
Ajdarević used a contractual clause that allowed him to find another club after the 2010 season has ended. Even though Örebro SK tried to sign him for a new deal, IFK Norrköping managed sign a long term deal with the midfielder.
Ajdarević debuted for the Sweden Under-21 team in a friendly against Serbia Under-21 on June 6 2011.[13]
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