Arlind Basha

Arlind Basha
Personal information
Date of birth8 February 1996
Place of birthGeneva, Switzerland
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Hajduk Split B
Youth career
2003–2012Vëllaznimi Gjakova
2012–2014Hajduk Split
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012Vëllaznimi Gjakova
2014–Hajduk Split3(0)
2014–Hajduk Split B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2014

Arlind Basha (born 8 February 1996 in Geneva) is a Kosovar-Albanian football player who was born in Switzerland, currently playing for Hajduk Split's reserve team in the Treća HNL.

Club career

KF Vëllaznimi

Arlind Basha started his career in KF Vëllaznimi at the age of 7. When he was 13 years old he went on a trial in Chievo but couldn't sign for them because he was to young. In April 2012 he made his senior debut for Vëllaznimi and scored his first goal on that debut match thus becoming the youngest ever goalscorer in the Football Superleague of Kosovo with 16 years of age.

Hajduk Split

In May 2012 Basha joined Hajduk Split on a trial and after some time the Hajduk board decided to sign him. Because of some bureaucratic problems Basha wasn't able to join the Hajduk senior squad until he was 18 years old. The first time he played for the Hajduk Split senior squad was in a friendly match against Beşiktaş J.K. on 10 November 2013. He came in as a late substitute in the 80th minute. During the clubs winter preparations he was chosen by Hajduk manager Igor Tudor to join the squad for the following 2013–14 Prva HNL.

He made his debut in the Prva HNL on 14 February 2014 against NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac.He came in as a substitute in the 45th minute.[1]

Personal life

He was born in Geneva but at the age of 6 he and his family returned to Kosovo. He doesn't have Swiss papers so he is ineligible to play for the Switzerland national football team.

He expressed his great desire to play for the Albania or Kosovo

References

  1. Arlind Basha at Soccerway

External links

http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Hajduk/tabid/83/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/173223/Default.aspx http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Hajduk/tabid/83/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/234135/Default.aspx