Almen Abdi

Almen Abdi

Personal information
Date of birth	21 October 1986 (1986-10-21)
Place of birth	Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Udinese
Number	23
Youth career
	Zürich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2009	Zürich	132	(31)
2009–2010	Le Mans	15	(0)
2010–	Udinese	32	(0)
National team‡
2007–2008	Switzerland U-21	3	(0)
2008–	Switzerland	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 February 2010

Almen Abdi (born 21 October 1986 in Prizren) is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Udinese.

Career

He was part of the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning team with FC Zurich. Abdi was awarded an improved contract until summer 2010 in June 2006. Abdi was in November 2009 promoted to the reserve squad. He signed on 8 December 2009 for Le Mans Union Club 72.

Udinese

On April 7, 2010 the Swiss player Almen Abdi confirmed the rumours that he would be joining Udinese. during the summer of 2010, due to happen after finishing his loan move with Le Mans and becoming a free agent. He later signed for Udinese on a free transfer.

In Udine he played 19 matches in the 2010-2011 season, most of them coming from the bench. In the 2011-2012 season, Abdi scored his first goal for the club on 29 September in the Europa League competition, after converting the penalty to equalise against Celtic at Celtic Park.

International career

He made his senior Switzerland international debut against Cyprus on 20 August 2008.

External links

• National Football Teams