Eris Abedini

Eris Abedini (born 29 August 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

Eris Abedini
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998
Place of birth Sorengo, Switzerland[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Neuchâtel Xamax
Number 77
Youth career
2006–2011 AC Malcantone
2011–2012 Lugano
2012 AC Malcantone
2012–2016 Lugano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Lugano U21 5 (2)
2016–2017 → Chiasso (loan) 21 (0)
2017–2020 Lugano 9 (0)
2017–2018 → Chiasso (loan) 24 (0)
2019 → Winterthur (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2020 → Wil (loan) 35 (1)
2020–2021 Granada B 7 (0)
2021–2022 Chiasso 8 (0)
2022–2023 Winterthur 55 (1)
2023– Neuchâtel Xamax 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Switzerland U19 1 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U20 5 (0)
2019–2020 Kosovo U21 7 (1)
2022– Kosovo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:00, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023

Club career

Early career

A youth product of Lugano, Abedini begun his senior career with a two-year loan at Chiasso.[2] Abedini made his professional debut for Lugano in a 1–1 Swiss Super League tie with Zürich on 19 May 2018.[3]

Abedini was loaned out to Winterthur on 4 January 2019, for the rest of the season.[4] On 16 July 2019 Abedini joined Wil on a contract until June 2021.[5]

Granada

On 3 October 2020, Abedini joined Segunda División B side Granada B, on a one-year contract with an option for two more season.[6] On 8 November 2020, he was called up from first team for the league match against Real Sociedad at away, becoming the first ever Kosovan to make it to club's first team. He was an unused substitute in Granada defeat 2–0 at Anoeta Stadium.

Winterthur

On 29 December 2021, he signed a contract with Winterthur until the summer of 2023.[7]

International career

Abedini was born in Switzerland and is of Kosovan Albanian descent.[8] Abedini was a youth international for Switzerland before switching allegiance to Kosovo.[9] He debuted with the senior Kosovo national team in a friendly 2–2 tie with Armenia on 16 November 2022.[10]

References
  1. Eris Abedini at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Eris Abedini a Lugano - FC Lugano". www.fclugano.com.
  3. "Lugano vs. Zürich - 19 May 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  4. Trainingsstart und Neuverpflichtung, fcwinterthur.ch, 4 January 2019
  5. Eris Abedini lascia il Lugano per il Wil, cdt.ch, 16 July 2019
  6. "El Recreativo Granada incorpora a Eris Abedeni" [Recreativo Granada sign Eris Abedeni [sic]] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. "Eris Abedini verstärkt das Mittelfeld" (Press release) (in German). Winterthur. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. "Eris Abedini, emër premtues në futbollit evropian". 25 May 2017.
  9. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team". www.football.ch.
  10. "Eris Abedini: Emocion i madh të jem pjesë e ligës më të fortë në botë, pres ftesë nga Kosova – Indeksonline.net". indeksonline.net.
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