Kastriot Imeri

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Kastriot Imeri
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 10
Youth career
2005–2013 Meyrin
2013–2017 Servette
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2022 Servette 135 (17)
2022– Young Boys 32 (5)
International career‡
2016 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U17 5 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U19 7 (1)
2019–2021 Switzerland U20 3 (0)
2021– Switzerland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:04, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Kastriot Imeri (born 27 June 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Switzerland national team. [1]

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Career

Imeri joined Servette's youth academy from FC Meyrin. At only 16 years of age, he debuted in the first team on 6 March 2017 in a 1-0 away victory over Le Mont in the Swiss Challenge League. [1] From the following season onward, he fully joined the first team. He shot his first goal in a 4-0 victory over FC Aarau on 24 February 2018. He accompanied his team to promotion to the Swiss Super League as Challenge League champions in the 2018-19 season.

In the 2021-22 season, his final season at Servette, he scored the most goals for his team with eleven goals in 26 games, the eight most of the entire league.

On 16 August 2022, despite lucrative interest from foreign leagues, he signed a four-year deal with fellow Swiss Super League side BSC Young Boys for a Swiss record transfer fee 3.5m CHF. [2]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Imeri is of Kosovo Albanian descent. Imeri is a youth international for Switzerland, often captaining their youth sides. [3]

He made his debut for Switzerland national team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Italy. [4]

Honours

Servette

Young Boys

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 Kastriot Imeri at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "YB macht Rekordtransfer klar!" (in German). Blick. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Luscher, Loic. "Tête-à-tête avec Kastriot Imeri - servettefc.ch | SFC". www.servettefc.ch.
  4. ↑ "Italy v Switzerland game report". FIFA. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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