Albian Ajeti

Albian Ajeti
Personal information
Full nameAlbian Afrim Ajeti
Date of birth26 February 1997
Place of birthBasel, Switzerland
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
FC Basel
Number27
Youth career
2005–Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2013–Basel U-2112(2)
2014–Basel3(1)
National team‡
2012Switzerland U-156(2)
2012Switzerland U-162(1)
2012–2014Switzerland U-1717(7)
2014–Switzerland U-183(2)
2015–Switzerland U-201(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2015, 24:00 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 April 2015, 24:00 (UTC)

Albian Afrim Ajeti (born 26 February 1997 in Basel) is a Swiss professional footballer of Albanian descent who is under contract with FC Basel. He plays as a striker for their U-21 team. His elder brother Arlind Ajeti plays for Basel's first team and also for their descence Albania national team. Abian's twin brother Adonis also plays in the FC Basel youth.

Youth football

The Ajeti twins started their youth football with Basel in 2005, at the same time as their elder brother moved to the club from Concordia. In the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons Albian Ajeti played in Basel's U-16 and with the team he twice became Swiss Champion at this level. During the 2012–13 season he also played in their U-18 team. On 30 April 2013 the twin brothers both signed their first professional contracts with the club,[1] thus also becoming part of their first team. During the 2013–14 season he was called into their U-21 team.

Club career

Albian Ajeti played a number of test games before the 2013–14 FC Basel season and scored the winning goal in the 3-2 win against RB Leipzig on 26 June 2013 during the clubs trainings camp in Walchensee.[2] He spent most of the season playing with the FCB U-21 team in the 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of the Swiss Football League, but was often called to the first team, taking a place on their substitute bench.

Ajeti made his professional debut, coming in as a substitute, on 13 March 2014 in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Round of 16 home tie in St. Jakob-Park.[3] The match against Red Bull Salzburg ended in a goalless draw.[4] At 6 April 2014, he made his league debut against FC Thun in a goalless draw in St. Jakob-Park.[5] At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season he won the league championship with Basel.[6] They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. During the 2013–14 Champions League season Basel reached the group stage and finished the group in third position. Thus they qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.

International career

Ajeti made diverse appearances for the Switzerland U-15 and U-16 national teams. He played his debut for their U-17 team being substituted in during the 3-0 win against the Faroe Islands U-17 on 10 October 2012. He scored his first goal for the team just two days later during the 5-1 victory against Cyprus U-17. Altogether he played 17 games for the U-17 scoring a total of 7 goals.

Ajeti played his debut for the Swiss U-18 team on 4 September 2014 as the Swiss won 1-0 in the away game against the Swedish U-18 team in Gävle. It was Ajeti who scored the winning goal in the 88th minute.[7] He played his debut for the U-20 national team on 31 March 2015 as the Swiss were defeated 1-0 by the Italian U-20 team.

Honours

Basel

External links

References

  1. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2014). "Profiverträge für Adonis und Albian Ajeti" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  2. ↑ Marti, Caspar (2013). "Der FCB schlägt RB Leipzig mit 3:2" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  3. ↑ Marti, Caspar (2014). "Keine Tore zwischen Basel und Salzburg" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  4. ↑ Hindley, Martyn (2014). "Basel put breaks on Salzburg". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  5. ↑ "Basel vs. FC Thun - 6 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  6. ↑ Grossenbacher, Sacha (2014). "Fotos vom Spiel gegen Lausanne sowie den anschliessenden Feierlichkeiten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  7. ↑ SFV (2014). "Telegram U-18 from Gävle, Sweden". SFV. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  8. ↑ Kiesewetter, Dominik (2012). "U16 kurz vor der Ziellinie!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  9. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Die U16 holt das Double!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-06-17.