Naser Aliji
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| Date of birth | 27 December 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Skopje, Republic of Macedonia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Basel | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Basel | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Basel U-21 | 53 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Basel | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Switzerland U15 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Switzerland U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Switzerland U19 | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Switzerland U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Switzerland U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Albania | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Naser Aliji (born 27 December 1993) is a Swiss-Macedonian professional footballer of Albanian descent, who plays as a defender for Swiss club Basel and the Albania national team.
Career
Early career
Aliji was born in Skopje and is of Albanian ethnicity. He lived there until he was four years old, at which time among his mother moved to Basel in Switzerland to join his father who had been working there for many years. He started his youth football with FC Basel in 2008. Later he played in their U-18 team and in their U-21 team where he received various individual prices as the youngster of the year.[1][2]
Basel
He signed his first professional contract with FC Basel on 20 June 2013 and joined their first team.[3] Aliji made is first team debut on 17 August as he was substituted in during the Swiss Cup first round match against BSC Old Boys.[4] He played his first match in the starting eleven in the Swiss Cup Quarterfinal against Le Mont on 5 February 2014 as Basel won 6–1. One minute before half time he gave the final pass to Marco Streller for him to score the third goal of the game.[5] On 16 March 2014 Aliji made his Swiss Super League debut and played the full 90 minutes in the St. Jakob-Park in the 5–0 home win, against Aarau.[6] At the end of the 2013–14 Super League season _ won the league championship with Basel.[7] They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 2–0 by Zürich after extra time. During the 2013–14 Champions League season Basel reached the group stage and finished the group in third position. Thus they qualified for Europa League knockout phase and here they advanced as far as the quarter-finals.
International
Despite playing for Switzerland youth national teams, Aliji has not excluded representing Albania on international level.[8] On 17 December 2014 the FSHF representative for talents in Switzerland, Sokol Dauti, confirmed that Naser Aliji has decided to represent Albania and begun the procedure to get an Albanian passport.[9] Currently, three of his team-mates at Basel Taulant Xhaka, Shkëlzen Gashi and Arlind Ajeti play for Albania, despite having represented Swiss youth national teams.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 December 2014 [11]
| Season | Club | League country | League | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011–12 | Basel U-21 | 1. Liga Classic | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | 1. Liga Promotion | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| Basel | Swiss Super League | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Basel U-21 | 1. Liga Promotion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Total Basel | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Total Basel U-21 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 67 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 3 | ||
International
- As of 17 December 2014
| Albania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Basel U-21
- 1. Liga Promotion: 2012–13
- Basel
- Swiss Super League: 2013–14
- Swiss Cup runner-up: 2013–14
Individual
References
- ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2011). "Die BKB zeichnete am Luzern-Spiel die "Rookies of the Year" aus" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Auszeichnung der "Rookies of the Year"" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Profiverträge für Nachwuchsspieler und Leihverträge für Profispieler" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Marti, Caspar (2013). "Der FCB muss gegen OB eine Extraschicht schieben" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Marti, Caspar (2013). "Der FCB zieht ohne Mühe in den Cuphalbfinal ein" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Marti, Caspar (2014). "Der FCB setzt gegen Aarau das gewünschte Zeichen" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Grossenbacher, Sacha (2014). "Fotos vom Spiel gegen Lausanne sowie den anschliessenden Feierlichkeiten" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Intervistë/Naser Aliji: Te Baseli po jetoj si në ëndërr Gazeta LAJM
- ^ Ekskluzive/ Naser Aliji vishet Kuq e Zi | www.Shqiperia.ch
- ^ Albaner melden FCB-Linksfuss Aliji spielt für den Doppeladler! Blick
- ^ Naser Aliji at Soccerway
External links
- Profile at FC Basel Template:De icon
- Naser Aliji at Soccerway
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