Adonis Ajeti

Adonis Ajeti
Personal information
Full name Adonis Afrim Ajeti
Date of birth (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 FC St. Gallen
Number 24
Youth career
2005–2015 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Basel U-21 30 (3)
2015–2016 Basel 0 (0)
2016–2017 FC Wil 21 (0)
2017– FC St. Gallen 0 (0)
National team
2012 Switzerland U15 5 (1)
2012 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2013 Switzerland U17 3 (1)
2015 Switzerland U18 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2017

Adonis Afrim Ajeti (born 26 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer of Albanian descent who plays as a defender for Swiss club FC St. Gallen. He is the twin brother of Albian Ajeti who plays for German club Augsburg and the younger brother of Arlind Ajeti who plays for Italian Serie A club Torino. Adonis hold dual citizenship, the Swiss where he was born and grown up and the Albanian citizenship due to his parents origin.[1]

Club career

Early career

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 Adonis 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,[2] thus also becoming part of their first team. During the 2013–14 season he was called into their U-21 team.

Basel

Ajeti made his first professional debut with Basel in the closing match of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage against Lech Poznań on 10 December 2015 coming on as a substitute at half-time in place of Michael Lang in a 0–1 away victory.[3] He became the last of the brothers to make a professional debut also with Basel. Due to absence of Marek Suchý injured and since Basel had already secured the qualification to the knockout phase, the coach Urs Fischer invited him to participate in the match.[4]

Wil

Following his professional debut with Basel, Ajeti continued his professional career at Swiss Challenge League club FC Wil 1900, where he signed on 7 February 2016 a contract until 30 June 2020.[5]

International career

He played in several friendly matches with Switzerland national under-15 football team during the spring 2012 under the coach Yves Débonnaire including a full 80-mnutes match against Belgium under-15 in where he played as a Captain and scored a goal in a 5–3 win. Later in the same year in autumn and again under the same coach he captained Switzerland national under-16 football team in 3 friendly matches. He continued in 2013 captaining Switzerland national under-17 football team in two friendly matches in August against Germany and Austria. Then in 2015 he played for Switzerland national under-18 football team in a double friendly match against England on 26 & 28 March where he scored a goal.

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.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 March 2016 [7]
Season Club League country League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2014–15Basel U-211. Liga Promotion 201----201
2015–16 102----102
Total Basel U-21 3030000303
BaselSwiss Super League 00001010
Total 00001010
2015–16WilSwiss Challenge League 20----20
Total 20000020
Career total 3230010333

References

  1. ↑ Shtohet “familja” kuqezi Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Sportal.al
  2. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2014). "Profiverträge für Adonis und Albian Ajeti" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Lech Poznań vs. Basel - 10 December 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  4. ↑ Adonis Ajeti stërvitet me ekipin e parë! Sport Ekspres
  5. ↑ Fussballtickets / Sportsponsoring von Fussball Club mit Fussballstadion | Adonis Ajeti verstärkt den FC Wil 1900 fcwil.ch
  6. ↑ Adonis Ajeti: Gjuhën shqipe ma kanë mësuar prindërit Sport Ekspres
  7. ↑ Adonis Ajeti at Soccerway
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