Adonis Ajeti

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Adonis Ajeti
Personal information
Full name Adonis Afrim Ajeti
Date of birth (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Rapperswil-Jona
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2015 Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Basel U-21 30 (3)
2015–2016 Basel 0 (0)
2016–2017 FC Wil 21 (0)
2017–2021 St. Gallen 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Chiasso (loan) 15 (0)
2023– Rapperswil-Jona 39 (1)
International career
2012 Switzerland U15 5 (1)
2012 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2013 Switzerland U17 3 (1)
2015 Switzerland U18 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2024

Adonis Afrim Ajeti (born 26 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss Promotion League club Rapperswil-Jona.

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He is the twin brother of Albian Ajeti and the younger brother of Arlind Ajeti. Adonis holds dual citizenship, the Swiss where he was born and grew 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 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]

Rapperswil-Jona

On 7 July 2023, Rapperswil-Jona announced the signing of Ajeti. [6]

International career

Ajeti 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-minutes 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 three 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 and 28 March where he scored a goal.

Personal life

Despite having been born in and grown up in Switzerland, all "Ajeti brothers" have a good knowledge of the Albanian language, the language of their parents, as they have always communicated in Albanian at home. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2019 [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel U-21 2014–15 1. Liga Promotion 201––201
2015–16102––102
Total3030000303
Basel 2015–16 Swiss Super League 00001010
Wil 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 8000–80
2016–17 13000–130
Total2100000210
Chiasso (loan) 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League15010–160
Career total6631010673

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References

  1. ↑ Shtohet “familja” kuqezi Archived 17 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sportal.al
  2. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2014). "Profiverträge für Adonis und Albian Ajeti" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Lech Poznań vs. Basel - 10 December 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  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 Archived 18 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine fcwil.ch
  6. ↑ "Vier Neuverpflichtungen beim FCRJ" [Four signings at FCRJ] (in Swiss High German). Rapperswil-Jona. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Adonis Ajeti: Gjuhën shqipe ma kanë mësuar prindërit Sport Ekspres
  8. ↑ Adonis Ajeti at Soccerway
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