Amir Saipi

Amir Saipi (born 8 July 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss club Lugano.

Amir Saipi
Personal information
Full name Amir Saipi
Date of birth (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000
Place of birth Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Lugano
Number 26
Youth career
0000–2018 Schaffhausen
2017–2018 → Winterthur (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Schaffhausen U21 2 (0)
2018–2019 → Grasshoppers U21 (loan) 19 (0)
2019–2021 Schaffhausen 45 (0)
2021– Lugano 50 (0)
International career‡
2019 Switzerland U20 4 (0)
2021–2023 Switzerland U21 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:48, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:48, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Lugano

On 10 September 2021, Saipi signed a five-year contract with Swiss Super League club Lugano and receiving squad number 26.[1] Two days later, he was named as a first team substitute for the first time in a league match against Basel.[2] His debut with Lugano came five days later in the 2021–22 Swiss Cup second round against Neuchâtel Xamax after being named in the starting line-up.[3] On 24 October 2021, he made his league debut in a 2–0 away defeat again against Basel after being named in the starting line-up.[4]

International career

Saipi in 2019 was part of the Switzerland U20 with which he played four matches where most of them were friendly matches. On 26 August 2019, the Football Federation of Kosovo announced that they had held a meeting with Saipi and were very close to starting the procedures of equipping him with the necessary documents to be ready to join Kosovo in the October matches.[5]

On 2 October 2020, Saipi received a call-up from Switzerland U21 for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Georgia U21 and Liechtenstein U21.[6] On 30 May 2021, he made his debut with Switzerland U21 in a friendly match against Republic of Ireland U21 after being named in the starting line-up.[7] He played his final game for the U21 on 1 July 2023 at the U21 Euro, where Switzerland were eliminated 1–2 after extra time against Spain in the quarter-finals.[8]

Honours

Lugano

References
  1. "Amir Saipi, giovane talento per la porta bianconera" [Amir Saipi, young talent for black and white goal] (in Italian). FC Lugano. 10 September 2021.
  2. "Lugano vs. Basel 1–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. "Coppa: Xamax–Lugano 0–1" [Cup: Xamax–Lugano 0–1] (in Italian). FC Lugano. 17 September 2021.
  4. "Basilea–Lugano 2–0 (2–0)" [Basel–Lugano 2–0 (2–0)] (in Italian). FC Lugano. 24 October 2021.
  5. "Presidenti Ademi takoi portierin e Schaffhausenit, Amir Saipi" [President Ademi met Schaffhausen goalkeeper, Amir Saipi] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 26 August 2019.
  6. Swiss Football Association [@nati_sfv_asf] (2 October 2020). "Georgia vs Switzerland, 9.10, 18h00 | Switzerland vs Liechtenstein, 13.10, 18h00, Biel-Bienne" (Tweet) (in German, French, and Italian) – via Twitter.
  7. "Switzerland – Ireland 2:0 (U21 Friendlies 2021, May)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  8. "U-21 EM: Out gegen Spanien" (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football Association. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  9. svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Tripudio bianconero, la Coppa è del Lugano!". rsi.
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