Arbenit Xhemajli

Arbenit Xhemajli
Personal information
Full name Arbenit Xhemajli
Date of birth (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998
Place of birth Brugg, Switzerland[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Neuchâtel Xamax
Number 27
Youth career
2015–2017 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Neuchâtel Xamax 11 (0)
National team‡
2018– Kosovo U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:18, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2018

Arbenit Xhemajli (born 23 April 1998) is a Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax.

Club career

Neuchâtel Xamax

On 3 July 2017. Xhemajli joined Swiss Challenge League side Neuchâtel Xamax.[2] On 12 August 2017, he made his debut with Neuchâtel Xamax in a 0–21 away biggest win, in a first round of 2017–18 Swiss Cup match against Montfaucon after being named in the starting line-up.[3]

International career

Under-21

On 14 March 2018. Xhemajli received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Azerbaijan U21 and Germany U21.[4] On 22 March 2018, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in a match against Azerbaijan U21 after coming on as a substitute at 81st minute in place of Besfort Kolgeci.[5]

Senior

On 23 May 2018. Xhemajli received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania,[6] he was an unused bench in that match.

References

  1. ↑ "Arbenit Xhemajli". sport.de.
  2. ↑ "Arbenit Xhemajli rejoint Xamax" (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax. 3 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "FC Union-Sportive Montfaucon (0:21) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 12 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Prekazi publikon listën e futbollistëve për ndeshjet me Azerbejxhanin dhe Gjermaninë" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 14 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kosova U21 e mrekullueshme, e mposht Azerbajxhanin" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 22 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Lista e futbollistëve të ftuar për miqësoret me Shqipërinë dhe Bregun e Fildishtë" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 23 May 2018. Initially, Bernard Challandes published the list of invited footballers for the friendlies with Albania and Ivory Coast, but the match against Ivory Coast was canceled. The canceled match was replaced with Iran that was also canceled
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