Dion Kacuri

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Dion Kacuri
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Baden, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 28
Youth career
2013–2017 SC YF Juventus
2017–2020 Grasshopper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Grasshopper U21 26 (7)
2021–2024 Grasshopper 28 (1)
2024– Basel 11 (0)
International career‡
2022 Switzerland U18 3 (1)
2022 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
2023– Switzerland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:25, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Dion Kacuri (born 11 February 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Basel in the Swiss Super League.

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Professional career

He made his professional debut for Grasshopper in a 3-1 Swiss Super League win over FC Sion on 31 October 2021. [1] He signed a professional contract with Grasshopper on 12 January 2022, keeping him at the club until 2025. [2] On 4 September 2022, he was nominated in the starting lineup for the first time and also shot his first goal in an official match, the opening goal in a 3-0 victory over FC Winterthur. [3]

On 7 February 2024, Kacuri signed a contract with Basel until the summer of 2028. [4] [5]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Kacuri is of Kosovan descent. [6] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played up to the Switzerland U21s. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.
  2. ↑ Zürich, Grasshopper Club. "GC VERLÄNGERT MIT KACURI UND UKA". www.gcz.ch.
  3. ↑ "GC - WIN (04.09.2022)". www.gcz.ch. Grasshopper Club Zürich. 2022-09-04.
  4. ↑ "DER FCB VERPFLICHTET DION KACURI" [FCB SIGNS DION KACURI] (in German). FC Basel. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Dion Kacuri leaves GC Zurich to join FC Basel 1893". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Dion Kacuri, futbollisti me origjinë nga Kosova që nënshkruan kontratën e parë profesionale në Zvicër". June 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ "NATIONAL GAMES | DEBUTS FOR TIM MEYER AND DION KACURI". www.gcz.ch.
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