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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kreshnik Hajrizi | ||
Date of birth | 28 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Sierre, Switzerland [1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sion | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2012 | FC Chippis | ||
2012–2014 | FC Saxon | ||
2014–2017 | Young Boys | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Young Boys U21 | 45 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Chiasso | 55 | (1) |
2021–2024 | Lugano | 71 | (4) |
2024–2025 | Widzew Łódź | 4 | (0) |
2025 | → Sion (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2025– | Sion | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Switzerland U17 | 12 | (2) |
2018–2020 | Kosovo U21 | 7 | (0) |
2022– | Kosovo | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:29, 27 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 January 2025 |
Kreshnik Hajrizi (born 28 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club Sion. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.
On 19 June 2019, Hajrizi joined Swiss Challenge League side Chiasso. [2] One month later, he made his debut in a 0–1 home defeat against Wil after coming on as a substitute at 74th minute in place of Ivan Lurati. [3]
On 25 March 2021, Hajrizi via a photo on his official Instagram account announces that from the 2021–22 season, [4] he will be part of the Swiss Super League club Lugano. [5] Four months later, he made his debut in a 0–2 home defeat against Zürich after being named in the starting line-up. [6]
On 17 June 2024, Hajrizi joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Widzew Łódź after agreeing to a two-year deal with a one-year extension option and received squad number 5. [7]
On 15 January 2025, he returned to Switzerland to join Sion on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to buy. [8] In June 2025, Sion exercised Hajrizi's buyout clause. [9]
During the 2015–16 season, Hajrizi has been part of Switzerland at youth international level, respectively part of national under-17 team and he played twelve games with this team and scored two goals. On 4 October 2018, he received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Israel U21, [10] and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Fuad Rahimi. [11]
On 11 November 2022, Hajrizi received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly matches against Armenia and Faroe Islands. [12] His debut with Kosovo came eight days later in a friendly match against Faroe Islands after being named in the starting line-up. [13]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Boys U21 | 2016–17 | Swiss 1. Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Swiss 1. Liga | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Swiss 1. Liga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
Total | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
Chiasso | 2019–20 | Swiss Challenge League | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Swiss Challenge League | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
Total | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 57 | 1 | |||
Lugano | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 [c] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
Total | 71 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 87 | 4 | ||
Widzew Łódź | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Sion (loan) | 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 15 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
Career total | 190 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 212 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Kosovo | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Lugano