Albian Ajeti

Albian Ajeti
Personal information
Full name Albian Afrim Ajeti
Date of birth (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 St. Gallen (on loan from FC Augsburg)
Number 27
Youth career
2005–2015 FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Basel U-21 40 (18)
2014–2016 FC Basel 11 (3)
2016– FC Augsburg II 6 (2)
2016– FC Augsburg 1 (0)
2016– → FC Saint Gallen (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2012 Switzerland U-15 6 (2)
2012 Switzerland U-16 2 (1)
2012–2014 Switzerland U-17 17 (7)
2014 Switzerland U-18 3 (2)
2015 Switzerland U-20 1 (0)
2015– Switzerland U-21 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 January 2016, 24:00 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2016, 24:00 (UTC)

Albian Afrim Ajeti (born 26 February 1997) is a Swiss-Albanian professional footballer who plays for St. Gallen on loan from FC Augsburg. He plays as a striker. His elder brother Arlind Ajeti plays for Torino and also for their descence Albania national team. Albian's twin brother Adonis plays for FC Wil 1900.

Club career

Youth

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.

Basel

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.

For Ajeti and for Basel the season 2014–15 was a very successful one. The championship was won for the sixth time in a row that season[7] and in the 2014–15 Swiss Cup they reached the final. But for the third season in a row, they finished as runners-up, losing 0–3 to FC Sion in the final. Basel entered the Champions League in the group stage and reached the knockout phase as on 9 December 2014 they managed a 1–1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool.[8] But then Basel then lost to Porto in the Round of 16. Basel played a total of 65 matches (36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 Swiss Cup, 8 Champions League and 15 test matches). Under trainer Paulo Sousa Ajeti totaled 16 appearances, 4 in the League, 2 in the Cup, as well 10 in test games. He scored 3 goals in these matches, all being in the test matches.[9] he also played for their U-21 team.

Augsburg

He signed a four-and a half year contract for 3 millions € with FC Augsburg on 8 January 2016.[10][11]

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.[12] 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.

In August 2015 Albania's coach, Gianni de Biasi declared to the Swiss media that he plans to call Ajeti for the October 2015 qualifying matches of Euro 2016.[13]

Personal life

Despite having born and grow up in Switzerland, all "Ajeti brothers" have a well-knowledge of the Albanian language, language of their parents, as they have always communicated in Albanian language in their life outside.[14]

Honours

Basel

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. ↑ Marti, Caspar (2015). "Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2015-05-29. (German)
  8. ↑ "Liverpool 1 Basel 1". BBC Sport. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.
  10. ↑ "FCA nimmt Albian Ajeti unter Vertrag" [FCA signs Albian Ajeti] (in German). FC Augsburg. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Albian Ajeti zum FC Augsburg". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  12. ↑ SFV (2014). "Telegram U-18 from Gävle, Sweden". SFV. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  13. ↑ De Biasi për Blick.ch: Ajetin mund ta thirr në tetor August 23, 2015 Sportpress
  14. ↑ Adonis Ajeti: Gjuhën shqipe ma kanë mësuar prindërit Sport Ekspres
  15. ↑ Kiesewetter, Dominik (2012). "U16 kurz vor der Ziellinie!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  16. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Die U16 holt das Double!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

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