Arian Kabashi (footballer, born 1996)

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Arian Kabashi
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Sierre, Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Botev Vratsa
Youth career
2012–2014 Sion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 FC Sierre 19 (1)
2015–2016 Martigny 26 (1)
2016–2020 Sion U21 89 (2)
2020–2022 Sion 12 (0)
2022–2023 Lahti 34 (0)
2024 Ekenäs IF 12 (1)
2025– Botev Vratsa 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Kosovo U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2018

Arian Kabashi (born 26 September 1996) is a Swiss-born Kosovar Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bulgarian First League club Botev Vratsa.

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Club career

Sion

On 5 July 2020, Kabashi made his debut as a professional footballer in a 2–1 away defeat against St. Gallen after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Jean Ruiz. [1]

Lahti

On 26 July 2022, Kabashi joined Veikkausliiga side Lahti until the end of the season. [2] Three days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against Ilves after coming on as a substitute at 66th minute in place of Arlind Sejdiu. [3] [4]

EIF

On 11 March 2024, Kabashi signed with newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Ekenäs IF (EIF) on a short contract until 18 July 2024. [5] [6]

International career

At the start of April 2013, Kabashi received a call-up from Albania U15 for a selection camp in Switzerland. [7] On 21 March 2017, he received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Republic of Ireland U21, [8] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up. [9] His Albanian ancestry can be traced to the Kabashi tribe.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 July 2024 [10] [11]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Sierre2014–15 Swiss 2. Liga Interregional 18100—181
Martigny 2015–16 Swiss 1. Liga 23130—261
Total41230—442
Sion U21 2016–17 Swiss Promotion League 17100—171
2017–18 Swiss Promotion League21000—210
2018–19Swiss Promotion League26100—261
2019–20Swiss Promotion League16000—160
Total80200—802
Sion 2019–20 Swiss Super League 4010—50
2020–21 Swiss Super League1000—10
2021–22 Swiss Super League7000—70
Total12010—130
Lahti 2022 Veikkausliiga 11010—120
2023 Veikkausliiga230105 [a] 1291
Total3402051411
Ekenäs IF 2024 Veikkausliiga1212000141
Botev Vratsa 2024–25 Bulgarian First League 0000–00
Career total179580511926

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References

  1. ↑ "St. Gallen vs. Sion 2–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Arian Kabashi vahvistamaan FC Lahden puolustusta" [Arian Kabashi to strengthen FC Lahti's defense] (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 26 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "OTTELURAPORTTI: FC Lahti nousi lopussa taistellen tasapeliin" [MATCH REPORT: FC Lahti came up at the end fighting for a draw] (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 29 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Arian Kabashi – Kahden maan kasvatti , fclahti.fi, 12 July 2023
  5. ↑ Arian Kabashi vaihtaa EIF:n paitaan, veikkausliiga.com, 11 March 2024
  6. ↑ ARIAN KABASHI STYR KOSAN TILL EIF, eiffotboll.fi, 11 March 2024
  7. ↑ "Seleksionimi i Zvicres" [Swiss selection] (in Albanian). Albanian Football Association. April 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lista e futbollistëve të Përfaqësueses U21" [List of the players of national U21 team] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 March 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Kosova U21 e pafat kundër Irlandës, humb me rezultat të ngushtë" [Kosovo U21 unlucky against Ireland, loses with a close result] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Arian Kabashi at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  11. ↑ Arian Kabashi at Swiss Football League


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