Kemal Ademi

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Kemal Ademi
Kemal Ademi (Khimki).jpg
Ademi with Khimki in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 Osijek
Number 9
Youth career
0000 Herisau
0000–2014 St. Gallen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 St. Gallen U21 13 (4)
2015–2016 → 1899 Hoffenheim II (loan) 15 (0)
2016–2018 1899 Hoffenheim II 19 (3)
2018–2019 Neuchâtel Xamax 26 (8)
2019–2020 Basel 26 (13)
2020–2021 Fenerbahçe 7 (0)
2021 → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 6 (0)
2021–2023 Khimki 13 (1)
2022 → SC Paderborn (loan) 6 (1)
2022–2023 → SV Sandhausen (loan) 16 (1)
2023–2024 Luzern 15 (1)
2024– Osijek 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024

Kemal Ademi (born 23 January 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Croatian club Osijek.

Contents

Club career

Neuchâtel Xamax

On 5 July 2018, Ademi signed his first professional contract with Swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax after agreeing to a one-year deal with the option of continuation for another year. [1] After a month, he made his debut as professional footballer in a 3–0 away defeat against Sion after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Tunahan Cicek. [2]

Basel

On 15 June 2019, Ademi signed a four-year contract with Swiss Super League club Basel. [3] Ademi joined Basel's first team for their 2019–20 season under head coach Marcel Koller. One month later, after playing in three test games, he was named as a Basel substitute for the first time in a league match against Sion but did not play. [4] He played his debut with in the team four days later in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round against the Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the Philips Stadion on 23 July 2019. He came on as a substitute in the 89th minute, replacing Albian Ajeti. [5] Four days after debut, on 27 July, he scored his first goal for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium. But this could not help the team, as Basel were defeated 1–2 by St. Gallen. [6]

Ademi left the club during the transfer window of the next season. During his short period with the club, Ademi played a total of 52 games for Basel scoring a total of 16 goals. 26 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, five in the Swiss Cup, three in the Champions League, ten in the Europa League and eight were friendly games. He scored 13 goals in the domestic league, one in the Swiss Cup and the afore mentioned goal in the Champions League. The other were scored during the test games. [7]

Fenerbahçe

On 5 October 2020, Ademi signed a three-year contract with Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and received squad number 99. [8] Thirteen days later, he was named as a Fenerbahçe substitute for the first time in a league match against Göztepe. [9] His debut with Fenerbahçe came seven days later in a 3–1 home win against Trabzonspor after coming on as a substitute at 88th minute in place of Mbwana Samatta. [10] One month after debut, Ademi scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe in his fourth appearance for the club in a 4–0 home win over Sivas Belediyespor. [11]

Loan at Fatih Karagümrük

On 1 February 2021, Ademi was loaned to Süper Lig side Fatih Karagümrük until the end of the season. [12] Two days later, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against Gaziantep after being named in the starting line-up. [13]

Khimki

On 10 August 2021, Ademi signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Khimki and received squad number 9. [14] Six days later, he made his debut in a 3–0 away defeat against Sochi after coming on as a substitute at 83rd minute in place of Denis Glushakov. [15]

On 16 August 2022, Ademi moved to SV Sandhausen in Germany for the 2022–23 season. [16]

Luzern

On 30 June 2023, Ademi returned to Switzerland and signed a two-year contract with Luzern. [17] On 1 July 2024, his contract with Luzern was terminated by mutual consent after just one season. [18] In 20 games for Luzern, he scored just two goals, two of which he scored in Conference League qualifying, and supplied one assist.

International career

Ademi was born in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany and raised in Herisau, Switzerland to Kosovan parents from Prizren. [19] He was eligible for Kosovo, Albania and Switzerland internationally, as well as Germany, his birthplace. [20] On 25 June 2020, the Swiss Football Association announced that FIFA accepted Ademi's request to play for Switzerland after staying in the country for almost fourteen years. [21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 May 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St. Gallen U21 2014–15 Swiss Promotion League 13400——134
1899 Hoffenheim II (loan) 2015–16 Regionalliga Südwest 15000——150
1899 Hoffenheim II 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest19300——193
2017–18 0000——00
Total193000000193
Neuchâtel Xamax 2018–19 Swiss Super League 26831—2 [a] 13110
Basel 2019–20 Swiss Super League261351121—4315
2020–21 000020—20
Total261351141004515
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 7011——81
Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig6000——60
Khimki 2021–22 Russian Premier League 12110——131
2022–23 10———10
Total131100000141
SC Paderborn (loan) 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 61———61
SV Sandhausen (loan) 2022–23 6010——70
FC Luzern 2023–24 Swiss Super League151104 [b] 2—203
Career total152311231832116438

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References

  1. ↑ "Xamax engage un attaquant de presque 2 mètres" [Xamax hires an attacker almost 2 meters] (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax FCS. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Compte Rendu: FC Sion–Neuchâtel Xamax FCS" [Report: FC Sion–Neuchâtel Xamax FCS] (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax FCS. 5 August 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2019. Neuchâtel Xamax FCS: Doudin Charles-André, Kamber Janick, Nuzzolo Raphaël, Corbaz Thibault (46e Ramizi Samir), Xhemajli Arbenit, Walthert Laurent, Çiçek Tunahan (46e Ademi Kemal), Di Nardo Pietro, Sejmenović Mustafa, Veloso Max (71e Tréand Geoffrey), Gomes Mike
  3. ↑ "Kemal Ademi wechselt zum FC Basel 1893" [Kemal Ademi moves to FC Basel 1893] (in German). FC Basel. 15 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Sion vs. Basel 1–4". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (23 July 2019). "PSV Eindhoven - FC Basel 3:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (27 July 2019). "FC Basel - FC St. Gallen 1:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2020). "Kemal Ademi - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kemal Ademi Fenerbahçemizde" [Kemal Ademi is in our Fenerbahçe] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 5 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Göztepe vs. Fenerbahçe 2–3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Fenerbahçe vs. Trabzonspor 3–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Fenerbahçe vs. Sivas Belediyespor 4–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Oyuncumuz Kemal Ademi, Fatih Karagümrük'e kiralandı" [Our player Kemal Ademi, was loaned out to Fatih Karagümrük] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 1 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Fatih Karagümrük vs. Gaziantep FK 2–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Кемаль Адеми — в "Химках"!" [Kemal Ademi — in «Khimki»!] (in Russian). FC Khimki. 10 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Крупно уступили в Сочи" [Lost big in Sochi] (in Russian). FC Khimki. 16 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "SVS verpflichtet Kemal Ademi" (in Swiss High German). Sandhausen. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "KEMAL ADEMI WECHSELT ZUM FCL" (in German). FC Luzern. 30 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "KEMAL ADEMI VERLÄSST DEN FCL" (in Swiss High German). FC Luzern. 1 July 2024.
  19. ↑ "Il Basilea punta su Kemal Ademi" [The Basel tip on Kemal Ademi] (in Italian). Radiotelevisione svizzera. 15 June 2019. Il Basilea si è assicurato un attaccante di peso per la prossima stagione. I renani hanno infatti ingaggiato dallo Xamax Kemal Ademi (1,98m), che con i rossoneri ha realizzato 10 reti in 31 presenze. Il 23enne di origini kosovare, che prima del 2015 giocava a San Gallo, ha firmato fino al 2023
  20. ↑ "Kemal Ademi kërkohet nga katër kombëtare, në mesin e tyre edhe Gjermania" [Kemal Ademi is wanted by four national teams, among them Germany]. Indeksonline (in Albanian). 16 August 2019.
  21. ↑ "Kemal Ademi ab sofort für die Schweiz Spielberechtigt" [Kemal Ademi is now eligible to play for Switzerland] (in Albanian). Swiss Football Association. 25 June 2020.
  22. ↑ Kemal Ademi at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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