Pajtim Kasami

Pajtim Kasami
Pajtim Kasami in the Nottingham Forest jersey
Personnel
birthday	2nd June 1992
place of birth	Andelfingen ZH ,  Switzerland
Size	187 cm
position	Central midfield
Juniors
Years	station
2003-2006	FC Winterthur
2006-2009	Grasshopper Club Zurich
2008	→  Liverpool FC  (loan)
2009	Lazio Rome
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2010	AC Bellinzona	13 0(4)
2010-2011	US Palermo	14 0(0)
2011-2014	Fulham FC	38 0(3)
2013	→  FC Luzern  (loan)	16 0(1)
2014-2017	Olympiacos Piraeus	43 0(6)
2016-2017	→  Nottingham Forest  (loan)	25 0(2)
2017-2020	FC Sion	60 (14)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2007	Switzerland U-15	3 0(1)
2007	Switzerland U-16	4 0(0)
2009	Switzerland U-17	9 0(3)
2009-2010	Switzerland U-18	3 0(2)
2010-2014	Switzerland U-21	30 0(6)
2012	Switzerland Olympia	3 0(0)
2013–	Switzerland	12 0(2)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 1, 2019 2 As of June 9, 2019

Pajtim Kasami (born June 2, 1992 in Andelfingen ZH ) is a Swiss football player who was under contract with FC Sion

Career

society

Kasami began his career in 2003 with the Swiss club FC Winterthur . After three years he moved to Grasshopper Club Zurich , which loaned him to the English club Liverpool FC in 2008 . In 2009, at the age of 16, he was transferred to Lazio Rome .

In March 2010, Kasami started his professional career with the Swiss AC Bellinzona . After six months, he signed a five-year contract with the Italian first division club US Palermo . With the Sicilians he played against NK Maribor in the Europa League for the first time on an international level. He made his Serie A debut on August 30, 2010 against Cagliari Calcio . This was followed by 13 more appearances in the league. After a year he moved to the English Premier League for Fulham FC in London , where he signed a contract until 2015. He was loaned from FC Fulham for the second half of the 2012/13 season to the Swiss Super League club FC Luzern . After Kasami had become a regular in Fulham in the 2013/14 season, he moved to Olympiacos in the summer of 2014 . With Piraeus he was Greek champion in both 2015 and 2016. For the 2016/17 season he switched to the second highest English league on loan to Nottingham Forest . In summer 2017 he moved to FC Sion in Switzerland. On March 18, 2020, he was terminated without notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

National team

Kasami's parents come from Macedonia and belonged to the Albanian minority there. He would therefore have been eligible to play for the Macedonian Association , but decided to play for the Swiss national teams.

With the Swiss U-17 selection , Kasami won the 2009 World Cup , in which he also scored a goal. For the U-21 national team , he completed 30 games.

In summer 2012 he took part in the Olympic football tournament in London with the Swiss Olympic team. He was used in all three games.

On October 15, 2013 he made his debut in the Swiss senior team against Slovenia and scored his first goal on November 15, 2013 in a friendly against South Korea . By 2016 he had completed twelve international matches and scored two goals.

titles and achievements

society

• Greek champion : 2015 , 2016 with Olympiacos Piraeus
• Greek Cup Winner : 2015 with Olympiacos Piraeus

As a national player

• U-17 world champion 2009
• Finalist at the U-21 European Championship 2011 (two appearances)
• Participation in the Olympic Games in London 2012 (three missions)

Web links

• Pajtim Kasami on the Swiss Football League website
• Pajtim Kasami in the database of weltfussball.de
• Pajtim Kasami in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Pajtim Kasami in the soccerbase.com database
• Usage statistics on the website of the Swiss Football Association: A-Team , U-21 , U-20 , U-19 , U-18 , U-17 , U-16 , U-15

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Will U17 world champions continue to play for Swiss national team in the future? In: blick.ch. Retrieved May 25, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Sion signs Kasami. sfl.ch, August 31, 2017, accessed on August 31, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Constantin fires several players at FC Sion , accessed on March 19, 2020.
4. ↑ Nottingham Forest close in on deal for Pajtim Kasami ( Memento of the original dated August 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Nottingham Forest homepage, accessed August 3, 2016 
5. ↑ Constantin fires several players at FC Sion , accessed on March 19, 2020.
6. ↑ Statistics Switzerland Olympics 2012 fifa.com