Burim Kukeli

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Burim Kukeli
Personnel
birthday January 16, 1984
place of birth Janosh near Gjakova ,  Yugoslavia
size 180 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000-2002 FC Solothurn
2002-2003 FC Wangen near Olten
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2002 FC Solothurn
2002-2004 FC Wangen near Olten
2004-2005 SC Zofingen 21 0(4)
2005-2008 FC Schötz 49 (14)
2008–2012 FC Luzern 105 0(3)
2012-2017 FC Zurich 82 0(2)
2017-2019 FC Sion 13 0(0)
2019– SC Kriens 19 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2012-2017 Albania 27 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 22, 2020

2 As of March 22, 2020

Burim Kukeli (born January 16, 1984 in Janoš near Đakovica , SFR Yugoslavia ) is an Albanian football player of Kosovar  origin who grew up in Switzerland and is under contract with SC Kriens in the Challenge League (Switzerland).

Career

societies

Burim Kukeli was born as an Albanian in what was then the Yugoslav Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo . In 1987 the family moved to Switzerland after their father. He learned to play football in Switzerland in the youth department of FC Solothurn . Later he was in the squad of FC Wangen at Olten and SC Zofingen . At FC Schötz he received his first appearances in the first division (third class) in the 2007/08 season . In January 2008 he was signed by FC Luzern , where he played ten Super League games for Luzern in spring 2008 . In the 2009/10 season he made it into the starting line-up of Lucerne and scored two goals in 49 games, including cup games. Between 2012 and 2017, Kukeli played for FC Zurich and won the national cup there once . Then he played for FC Sion . Due to various injuries, however, he only made 13 league games for the first team. Before the start of the 2019/20 season, it was announced that Kukeli would move to SC Kriens in the Challenge League .

National team

In the summer of 2012, Kukeli obtained Albanian citizenship in a quick process. He was able to play for the Albanian team in the games for the 2014 World Cup qualification against Cyprus and Switzerland in September 2012 . He finally made his debut on September 7, 2012 in a 3-1 win over Cyprus.

In the UEFA EURO 2016 in France, he was in the Albanian contingent added. In the opening game against Switzerland and in the second game against France he was in the starting line-up. In both matches he received a yellow card, so that he was suspended for the last game against Romania. Then the team dropped out.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c amade.ch: Burim Kukeli - Racism in Switzerland. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 7, 2012 ; Retrieved April 17, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Burim Kukeli has the mentality of eleven years as a professional. https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/ , July 18, 2019, accessed on March 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Eva Tedesco: “I am Albanian and cannot change that”. In: 20 minutes online. September 10, 2012, accessed September 10, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Kukeli, Burim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kosovar soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Janosh at Gjakova