Albian Hajdari

Albian Hajdari
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Binningen, Switzerland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lugano
Number 5
Youth career
2012–2014 Aesch
2014–2020 Basel
2020–2022 Juventus
2020–2021 → Basel U-21 (loan)
2022 → Basel U-21 (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Juventus 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Basel (loan) 8 (0)
2022 → Basel (loan) 1 (0)
2022–2023 → Lugano (loan) 18 (0)
2023– Lugano 34 (3)
International career‡
2018–2019 Switzerland U16 8 (1)
2019 Switzerland U17 5 (0)
2021 Switzerland U19 5 (0)
2021–2022 Switzerland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022

Albian Hajdari (born 18 May 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as defender for Swiss Super League club Lugano.

Club career

Hajdari first played for local club FC Aesch and moved to Basel's youth academy in 2014. He joined FC Basel's first team directly from their U-18 team for their 2020–21 season under head coach Ciriaco Sforza. Somewhat surprising came the announcement on 19 September that Juventus had bought the rights of the young right back defender Hajdari. But Hajdari stayed with the squad, being loaned back to Basel for two seasons.[1][2]

Hajdari played his professional debut for the club in the away game on 27 September as Basel were defeated 1–0 by Servette. The winning goal was scored from the penalty spot, the penalty was caused as the ball was headed from very close range onto Hajdari's upper right arm.[3] On 15 July 2021, Juventus announced the termination of the loan one year early.[4] However, he did not play any matches with the Juventus U-19. On 4 January 2022, he returned to the Swiss club on a six-month loan.[5]

During his time with Basel's first team, Hajdari played a total of 24 games for them scoring one goal. Nine of these games were in the Swiss Super League, and 15 were friendly games. He scored his only goal during the test game on 12 January 2022 as Basel beat Lugano 2–1.[6] During his time on loan to Basel, Hajdari also had five appearances in their U-21 team in the third tier of Swiss football.[7]

For the 2022–23 Swiss Super League season Hajdari was loaned to Lugano.

On 1 April 2023, the deal became permanent and he signed a four-year deal for the club.[8]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Hajdari is of Albanian descent.[9] Hajdari was called up for the Swiss youth team and joined the Swiss U-18 on 1 July 2020.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel U21 2020–21 Promotion League 5 0 — — — 5 0
2021–22 5 0 — — — 5 0
Total 10 0 — — — 10 0
Basel 2020–21 Super League 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
2021–22 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 — 9 0
Lugano (loan) 2022–23 Super League 18 0 5 0 1[b] 0 — 24 0
Lugano 2023–24 Super League 33 3 3 0 6 0 — 42 0
Career total 70 3 8 0 7 0 — 85 3
  1. ^ Includes Swiss Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ^ FC Basel 1893 (19 September 2020). "Albian Hajdari wechselt zu Juventus Turin". Albian Hajdari signs for Juventus Turin (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Mercato, Albian Hajdari s'engage à la Juventus F.C." FC Basel (in French). 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ Josef Zindel. "Eine bittere Penalty-Niederlage in Genf". FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 27 September 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (15 July 2021). "Hajdari Juve, è ufficiale: anticipato il suo ritorno a Torino". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 15 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ JuventusNews24, Redazione (4 January 2022). "Hajdari torna al Basilea: Ufficiale il passaggio dalla Juve". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (12 January 2022). "FC Lugano - FC Basel 1:2 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2002). "Albian Hajdari - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  8. ^ Mellini, Marzio (1 April 2023). "Albian Hajdari bianconero a titolo definitivo fino al 2027". FC Lugano (in Italian). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Albian Hajdari, shqiptari i radhës që bëhet pjesë e Juventusit". Gazeta Si. 2 September 2020.
  10. ^ Albian Hajdari at Soccerway

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