Nedim Bajrami

Nedim Bajrami (born 28 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Empoli.

Nedim Bajrami
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-28) 28 February 1999
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2017 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Grasshoppers U21 14 (4)
2017–2020 Grasshoppers 69 (6)
2019–2020 → Empoli (loan) 28 (5)
2020– Empoli 57 (11)
National team‡
2013 Switzerland U15 5 (0)
2014 Switzerland U16 7 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U17 13 (5)
2016–2017 Switzerland U18 4 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U19 9 (3)
2018–2021 Switzerland U21 11 (1)
2021– Albania 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:31, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Born and raised in Switzerland to ethnic Albanian parents, Bajrami represented Swiss youth national teams before opting to represent senior Albania national team.

Club career

Bajrami was born in Switzerland, he spent all of his youth career with professional side Grasshoppers. He signed his first professional contract alongside teammates Petar Pusic and Arijan Qollaku in February 2017,[1] and made his debut the same month, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1-0 loss to FC Thun.[2]

On 13 August 2019, Bajrami joined Italian Serie B club Empoli on loan with an option to buy.[3]

International career

Bajrami has represented Switzerland up to under-19 level. He played for the Switzerland U17 team in their unsuccessful European Under-17 Championship qualification bid in 2016, featuring in all their six games.[4] He scored a total of five goals for the under-17 side, including a brace against Montenegro in 2015.[5] On 9 March 2021, Switzerland's U-21 manager Mauro Lustrinelli confirmed that Bajrami chose to switch alliances and represent his country of origin, Albania.[6] He debuted with Albania in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Hungary on 5 September 2021.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 January 2022.[8]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grasshoppers U21 2015–16 1. Liga 10––0010
2016–17 124––00124
2017–18 10––0010
Total 144000000144
Grasshoppers 2016–17 Swiss Super League 7000–0070
2017–18 29330–00323
2018–19 33320–00353
2019–20 0000–0000
Total 696500000746
Empoli (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 28510–1[lower-alpha 2]0305
Empoli 2020–21 36532–00397
2021–22 Serie A 21633––249
Total 85167500109321
Career total 16826125001018131
Notes
  1. Includes the Swiss Cup and Coppa Italia
  2. Appearances in the Serie B promotion playoffs

References
  1. "Harun Alpsoy wechselt in die Türkei" (in German). fm1today. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Geglückte und gescheiterte Experimente zum Rückrunden-Auftakt" (in German). srf.ch. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. "UFFICIALE: Empoli, dalla Svizzera arriva il centrocampista Bajrami". Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. "Nedim Bajrami". UEFA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. "Statistik und Resultate". Swiss Football Association (in German). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. "Kurz vor EM gibt Bajrami der Nati einen Korb Albanien klaut uns unser U21-Juwel". Blick (in German). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. "FIFA". fifa.com.
  8. Nedim Bajrami at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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