Donis Avdijaj

Donis Avdijaj
Donis Avdijaj (2015)
Personnel
birthday	August 25, 1996
place of birth	Osnabrück ,  Germany
size	172 cm
position	Striker Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years	station
2001-2006	SV Atter
2006-2011	VfL Osnabrück
2011-2014	FC Schalke 04
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2014-2017	FC Schalke 04	9 0(2)
2014-2018	FC Schalke 04 II	11 0(4)
2015-2016	→  SK Sturm Graz  (loan)	42 0(9)
2018	→  Roda Kerkrade  (loan)	11 0(3)
2018-2019	Willem II Tilburg	15 0(4)
2019-2020	Trabzonspor	8 0(1)
2020	Heart of Midlothian	3 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2011–2012	Germany U16	2 0(2)
2012-2013	Germany U17	13 (10)
2014	Germany U19	2 0(0)
2017–	Kosovo	6 0(2)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 4, 2020 2 As of November 17, 2018

Donis Avdijaj (born August 25, 1996 in Osnabrück ) is a Kosovar - German football player . He was most recently under contract with Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premiership .

Club career

Beginnings

Donis Avdijaj was born to Kosovar Albanian parents in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony . At the age of five he started playing football at SV Atter, a sports club in the Atter district of Osnabrück . After five years at SV Atter, he moved to the youth department of VfL Osnabrück . In 2011 he moved to the youth performance center of FC Schalke 04 .

FC Schalke 04

For Schalke's U17s, he scored 15 goals in 26 games and put on another one. In the next season he improved his scoring significantly and at the end of the season had 44 goals on account after 25 league games, plus 13 assists . The record lasted until the end of the 2018/19 season , at the end of which the then 14-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko scored 46 goals. For a short time he was part of the U19 squad, with which he won the 2012/13 Westphalia Cup. Avdijaj scored the 1-0 winner in the final against Borussia Dortmund's U19s .

In the 2014/15 season Avdijaj was a regular part of the professional team and took part in professional training. In the first group game of the Champions League - 2014/15 season away from FC Chelsea , he was in the Schalke squad, but was not used. He was also part of the second team at Schalke 04 and made eleven appearances in the Regionalliga West and scored four goals.

SK Sturm Graz

Avdijaj in the jersey of Sturm Graz (2015)

On January 13, 2015 Avdijaj was loaned to the Austrian Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz until the end of June 2016 at the latest. There he made his professional debut in a 3: 3 game against SC Wiener Neustadt on February 21, 2015, the 21st matchday of the Bundesliga , when he came on for Bright Edomwonyi in the 81st minute . Only a few minutes later he prepared the goal to make Martin Ehrenreich 3-2 . He scored his first goal on matchday 26 in the game against Admira Wacker to make it 2-0, the game ended 3-1. At the end of the season he had scored six goals in 17 league games and prepared three more.

Avdijaj also played the 2015/16 season at Sturm Graz, although Schalke had the option to bring Avdijaj back early. In the Europa League , Sturm Graz was eliminated in the third qualifying round against Rubin Kazan . Avdijaj scored a goal in the first leg, but received a yellow-red card and was suspended for the second leg. After two draws at the start of the league, the games on the 3rd and 4th matchday were won. In the win against Wolfsberger AC on matchday 4, Avdijaj scored a goal, on the following matchday against Rapid Vienna as well. He then stayed eight game days without a league goal, but prepared three goals. In contrast to the previous season, Avdijaj acted more in midfield than in the storm. From mid-October 2015, he was out for several months due to thigh and hip problems. He only made his comeback at the end of February in a 1-0 win against SV Ried . He played a total of 25 league games in which he scored three goals and gave seven assists. In the ÖFB Cup , Avdijaj played two games in which he scored three goals and prepared one.

FC Schalke 04

After the loan expired, Avdijaj returned to FC Schalke 04 for the 2016/17 season . There he got the shirt with the number 33 on his back. During the trip to China as part of the preparation for the season and the promotion of FC Schalke 04 in China, he injured the meniscus of his right knee in early July 2016 and had to leave. Avdijaj played his first competitive game of the 2016/17 season on November 24, 2016, in the fifth group game of the Europa League in the home game against OGC Nice . Schalke 04 won 2-0. He scored his first Bundesliga goal for Schalke on December 20, 2016, the 16th matchday, in a 2-1 defeat against Hamburger SV .

After preparing for the 2017/18 season , Avdijaj was no longer considered by the new coach Domenico Tedesco and, after no club wanted to sign him, he was sent to the Schalke U23 team.

Roda Kerkrade and Willem II Tilburg

On January 15, 2018, it was awarded to the Dutch first division club Roda JC Kerkrade . In eleven league appearances he scored three goals.

In preparation for the summer of 2018, Avdijaj initially returned to FC Schalke 04 and was part of the squad of the second team that competed in the fifth-class Oberliga Westfalen . His contract at Schalke 04 ran until 2019 and contained a release clause of 49 million euros.

On August 16, 2018, Avdijaj returned to the Eredivisie and joined Willem II Tilburg . He signed a contract that ran until the end of the 2018/19 season , which was terminated in March 2019 due to several cases of Avdijaj's indiscipline.

Trabzonspor

In July 2019, Avdijaj joined the Turkish first division club  Trabzonspor after four months of non-membership . In Trabzon he signed a one-year contract with an option for three more years. He made his league debut on August 25, 2018, the second match day of the 2019/20 season , when he came on as a substitute in the 2-1 win against Yeni Malatyaspor shortly before the end. On the fifth matchday he scored his first league goal for Trabzonspor against Sivasspor . His contract was terminated on January 17, 2020. In 18 games for Trabzonspor in all competitions, Avdijaj scored one goal and two assists.

Heart of Midlothian

On January 20, 2020, he signed a contract until the end of the 2019/20 season with the Scottish first division club Heart of Midlothian , who is coached by the German Daniel Stendel . In June 2020 he left the club again.

National team

Germany

Avdijaj scored two goals in two games for the U-16 national team . At the age of 16 he was considered for the U-17 national team . With this he was eliminated in the qualifying round for the U-17 European Championship 2013 in Slovakia .

On September 5, 2014, he made his first game for the U19 against the Netherlands .

In mid-October 2014 he announced that he wanted to play for the Albanian national football team in the future on the grounds that he would rather have his people behind him than a foreign one. It is his "definitive decision" to play for Albania. Only one month later, the decision was revised and postponed by a change of adviser.

Kosovo

He was nominated for the Kosovar football team for a friendly against Werder Bremen on March 24, 2015 . Since it was a friendly game - not a game between two nations - and Kosovo was not recognized by FIFA or UEFA as a full member of their organization at the time of the game , Avdijaj could continue to play for both Kosovo and for Albania and Germany emerge.

Avdijaj made his debut for Kosovo on March 24, 2017 when he came on for the injured Fanol Përdedaj in the 74th minute of the World Cup qualifier against Iceland . Kosovo lost 1: 2 to the Icelanders.

Style of play

Avdijaj plays around Daniel Toth and Eldis Bajrami

Avdijaj is considered a fast, technically well-trained player. He acts with both feet and, in addition to his regular position as a hanging tip, can also play on the wings or in the attacking midfield . In addition, he is considered a good preparer and is dangerous for goals. His particular strengths are his dribbling and one-on-one.

titles and achievements

society

• Westphalia Cup Winner: 2013, 2014
• West German champion U19: 2013, 2014
• West German champion U17: 2013
• DFB Junior Club Cup Finalist: 2014

Personal awards

• Top scorer in the B-Jugend Bundesliga West 2012/13 with 44 goals
• Fritz Walter Medal in bronze: 2013 (U17)

Private life

At the end of October 2014, according to the media, Avdijaj was a participant in an illegal street race, in which his Mercedes SL 63 AMG V8 Biturbo suffered a total loss. A few days later it turned out that Avdijaj was driving his vehicle in accordance with the rules and was not involved in any races. In mid-October 2016, it became known that on October 3rd in Osnabrück he had run over a red traffic light in his Mercedes and thereby endangered a passerby. He later touched two cars while parking and then left the scene of the accident without permission. In August 2017 he was sentenced to 40 hours of community service by the Gelsenkirchen District Court after insulting the police during a police check.

Web links

Commons : Donis Avdijaj  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Donis Avdijaj in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Donis Avdijaj in the database of weltfussball.de
• Donis Avdijaj in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Donis Avdijaj in the database of kicker.de
• Donis Avdijaj in the database of the German Football Association

Individual evidence

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   Donis Avdijaj Personal Profile . dfb.de data center , accessed on July 25, 2017.
   Donis Avdijaj . Kicker online , accessed July 25, 2017.
2. ↑ Donis Avdijaj: Performance data season 11/12. transfermarkt.de , archived from the original on July 30, 2013 ; Retrieved July 25, 2017 . 
3. ↑ BVB talent Moukoko cracks the record of ex-Schalke Avdijaj on waz.de from June 1, 2019, accessed on August 16, 2019.
4. ↑ Donis Avdijaj: Performance data season 12/13. (No longer available online.) Transfermarkt.de , archived from the original on March 21, 2014 ; Retrieved July 25, 2017 . 
5. ↑ S04: U19 wins the Westphalia Cup . transfermarkt.de , May 24, 2013, accessed on July 25, 2017.
6. ↑ Schalke loan Donis Avdijaj to Sturm Graz , bundesliga.de, January 13, 2015, accessed on July 25, 2017.
7. ↑ "Great goal, great photo" Donis Avdijaj celebrates debut goal with a curve photo. Sportnet.at , March 22, 2015, archived from the original on March 24, 2015 ; Retrieved July 25, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Heidel: "Avdijaj can no longer train here" - Schalke: Offensive player leaves after knee injury . Kicker online , July 5, 2016, accessed on July 25, 2017.
9. ↑ Avdijaj is allowed to play in Schalkes U23 Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , September 15, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2017.
10. ↑ Donis Avdijaj on loan to Roda JC Kerkrade until the end of the season. In: schalke04.de. FC Schalke 04, accessed on January 16, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Christian Heidel: We proactively approached our dream players , schalke04.de, July 1, 2018, accessed on July 1, 2018.
12. ↑ Professional contracts for Donis Avdijaj, Marvin Friedrich and Pascal Itter . schalke04.de, March 11, 2014, accessed on July 25, 2017.
    Thiemo Müller: Avdijaj's crash: Schalke also bears responsibility . Kicker Online , October 29, 2014, accessed on July 25, 2017.
13. ↑ FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 1904 eV (Ed.): Donis Avdijaj is now playing for Willem II Tilburg. In: FC Schalke August 04, 16, 2018, accessed on August 16, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Willem II contracteert aanvaller Donis Avdijaj , willem-ii.nl, August 16, 2018, accessed on August 16, 2018.
15. ↑ Because of Willem II en Avdijaj scheiden direct , willem-ii.nl, accessed on March 19, 2019 (Dutch)
16. ↑ Avdijaj change perfect: Ex-Schalke professional now at Trabzonspor , ruhr24.de, accessed on July 9, 2019
17. ↑ Ex-Schalke Donis Avdijaj meets for the first time for Trabzonspor . nrz.de , September 24, 2019, accessed on November 27, 2019.
18. ↑ Avdijaj terminates contract with Trabzonspor - move to Heart of Midlothian FC? . transfermarkt.de , January 17, 2020, accessed on January 19, 2020
19. ^ Avdijaj completes Hearts move. Heart of Midlothian, January 20, 2020, accessed January 21, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Hearts: Craig Levein, Austin MacPhee & 15 players leave Tynecastle. BBC Sport, June 1, 2020, accessed June 4, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Schalke talent Avdijaj: Decision against DFB and for Albania . transfermarkt.de , October 14, 2014, accessed on July 25, 2017.
22. ↑ Consultant dispute over Schalke's 49 million Bubi Avdijaj . Sport Bild , November 3, 2014, accessed July 25, 2017.
23. ↑ Avdijaj, Halimi & Feka nominated for friendly games Kosovo . transfermarkt.de , March 22, 2015, accessed on July 25, 2017.
24. ↑ World Cup qualification Europe, 2016/17, 5th matchday: game information . Kicker Online , accessed July 25, 2017
25. ↑ Michael Berndt: Donis Avdijaj in portrait: Between bad boy and model professional . Spox.com , May 27, 2015, accessed July 25, 2017.
26. ↑ Alex Klein, Tom Hofer: Interview with Donis Avdijaj: “Salzburg and Rapid are no better than us”. sportnet.at , July 30, 2015, archived from the original on July 31, 2016 ; Retrieved July 25, 2017 . 
27. ↑ Schalke talent Donis Avdijaj after an accident: is he now scrapping his career? Bild.de , October 29, 2014, accessed on July 25, 2017.
28. ↑ Avdijaj not too fast in an accident . Sport1.de , November 18, 2014, accessed on July 25, 2017.
29. ↑ Maximilian Schwoch: Driver's license gone: Schalke professional Donis Avdijaj has again trouble with the police . Web.de , October 14, 2016, accessed on July 25, 2017.
30. ↑ Avdijaj condemns Welt.de , August 22, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2017.