Adrian Nikçi

Adrian Nikçi
Personal information
Full name Adrian Nikçi
Date of birth (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989
Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Union Berlin
Number 14
Youth career
FC Uster
2002–2007 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 FC Zürich 112 (17)
2012–2015 Hannover 96 4 (1)
2014 → FC Thun (loan) 16 (3)
2014–2015 → Young Boys (loan) 8 (0)
2015 1. FC Nürnberg 5 (0)
2015–2017 Union Berlin 12 (2)
National team‡
2008–2010 Switzerland U21 16 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:59, 1 July 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 July 2012

Adrian Nikçi (born 10 November 1989) is a Swiss footballer who plays as midfielder.[2]

Career

Nikçi previously played with FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.[3]

At the end of the 2016–17 season, he was released by Union Berlin.[4]

International career

Although Nikçi has represented Switzerland at U-19 and U-21 levels,[5] he has expressed his interest in playing for Albania and has manifested this also in celebrating a goal by making the sign of the eagle with his two hands, the eagle being the symbol of the Albanian flag.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Kosovarët Festojnë Me Simbolin e Shqiponjës, Zvicra e Bën Problem" (in Albanian). gazetatelegraf.com. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Adrian Nikci". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Adrian Nikci". goal.com. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Stier, Sebastian (14 May 2017). "Der 1. FC Union plant für die Zweite Liga". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Adrian Nikçi – UEFA competition record
  6. ↑ Rebelohen zvicerianët: Mjaft me shqiponjën! (in Albanian), Sport Ekspres, 28 August 2012, p. 6, Une luajta disa ndeshje per perfaqesuesen e Zvicres ne skuadrat zinxhire te ketij vendi, por tani mendoj vetem per kombetaren shqiptare" Keshtu kishte deklaruar Nikci per kombetaren ("I had played some games with the Swiss representative at youth levels, but all I think about now is the Albanian national team" had declared Adrian Nikci)


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