Valon Behrami

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Valon Behrami
Valon Behrami 2018.jpg
Valon Behrami (2018)
Personnel
birthday April 19, 1985
place of birth Titova Mitrovica ,  SFR Yugoslavia
Size 185 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1993-1997 FC Stabio
1997-2000 FC Chiasso
2000-2002 FC Lugano
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2002-2003 FC Lugano 2 (0)
2003-2004 CFC genoa 24 (0)
2004-2005 Hellas Verona 32 (3)
2005-2008 Lazio Rome 65 (4)
2008-2011 West Ham United 57 (4)
2011–2012 AC Florence 48 (0)
2012-2014 SSC Naples 54 (0)
2014-2015 Hamburger SV 22 (0)
2015-2017 Watford FC 48 (0)
2017-2019 Udinese Calcio 20 (1)
2019-2020 FC Sion 4 (0)
2020– CFC genoa 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2002-2003 Switzerland U18 8 (0)
2003-2004 Switzerland U19 9 (0)
2005 Switzerland U21 5 (0)
2005-2018 Switzerland 80 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 2, 2020

2 As of June 17, 2018

Valon Behrami (born April 19, 1985 in Titova Mitrovica , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Swiss football player . The midfielder has been under contract with CFC Genoa since the beginning of 2020 .

biography

In 1990, at the age of five, Behrami and his family moved from what was then Yugoslavia to Switzerland. He grew up in Stabio in the canton of Ticino . Behrami's first interest was athletics . In cross-country race he won four regional titles. In 2002 he was naturalized .

From 2006 to 2018 Behrami was in a relationship with Elena Bonzanni, with whom he has two daughters (* 2009, * 2016). On March 18, 2018 it became known that Behrami was in a relationship with the Swiss skier Lara Gut (* 1991) and the two married on July 11, 2018.

Career

societies

As a teenager, Behrami only became interested in football when he was 13. He first played for FC Stabio before moving to neighboring FC Chiasso . He played there for three years. During this time, FC Lugano , at that time the most famous club in the canton of Ticino, noticed him and signed him. Since the club soon had to file for bankruptcy in the following years, Behrami looked for a new club. In Switzerland, FC Basel and Grasshoppers Club Zurich were interested in the defensive midfielder. Since the offer of the Grasshoppers was too bad for him, this club was out of the question for him. When FC Basel finally got in touch, Behrami had already signed with the Italian club CFC Genoa ; through his style of play he had already attracted clubs from Serie A to himself.

Between Italy and England

Valon Behrami (2010)

After a year at Genoa Behrami moved to Hellas Verona in the second-rate series B . In the 2004/05 season he was elected the best Serie B player and attracted top clubs such as Lazio , Juventus Turin , Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan for his performances . The race for Behrami finally went to Lazio Rome, which transferred a total of 6 million euros to Verona and Genoa, as it belonged equally to both clubs.

In the summer break of 2008, after three years in Rome, Behrami moved to the English Premier League club West Ham United . After two and a half years of ups and downs, he returned to Italy in January 2011, fulfilling the wishes of his family, who did not feel at home in England. When AC Fiorentina he signed a contract until 2015, but switched after only one season again the club: In July 2012, he signed a five-year contract at Napoli. In his first season, Valon Behrami convinced immediately as a "clearer" in front of the defense.

Hamburger SV

For the 2014/15 season , Behrami moved to the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV , where he signed a three-year contract until June 30, 2017. He played his first competitive game in the first round of the DFB-Pokal with a 2-2 draw; 4: 1 on penalties against the then third division Energie Cottbus .

Return to England and Italy

For the 2015/16 season , Behrami moved to the Premier League newly promoted Watford FC for 2 million euros , where he signed a three-year contract. In August 2017, Behrami returned to Italy and joined Udinese Calcio for two years .

Return to Switzerland

On July 2, 2019, Club FC Sion, based in the canton of Valais, announced the commitment of Valon Behrami. He returned to his home country for the 2019/20 season after 16 years. He received a two-year contract.

National team

Behrami (left) during a test match against Austria (2015)

Valon Behrami made his international debut for Switzerland on October 8, 2005 in the qualifier for the 2006 World Cup against France (1-1). He scored his first international goal on November 12, 2005, three minutes after coming on as a substitute for the Turkish national team . During the 2006 World Cup, Behrami injured himself while training. In the game against South Korea he was substituted on for six minutes in the final phase.

At the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, he was part of the Swiss squad as well as at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. There he received in his first race in the game against Chile a sending off .

He was also nominated for the 2014 World Cup by coach Ottmar Hitzfeld and played all three preliminary round matches as well as the round of 16 against Argentina.

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was included in the Swiss squad. He played the three group matches for a full 90 minutes, and was substituted for the first time in the round of 16 when Poland was 1-0 with a quarter of an hour to go. The team finally lost the game in the penalty shootout and was eliminated.

titles and achievements

SSC Naples

literature

Web links

Commons : Valon Behrami  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/zweiter-ruckkehrer-nach-perin-auch-behrami-schliesst-sich-dem-fc-genua-an/view/news/351112
  2. ↑ Valon Behrami separates from his Elena. Schweizer Illustrierte , February 23, 2018, accessed on June 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Valon Behrami posts first photo with Lara Gut. Schweizer Illustrierte , May 27, 2018, accessed on June 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Lara Gut and Valon Behrami got married! watson , July 12, 2018, accessed July 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ SSC NAPOLI SpA (ed.): Napoli, ceduto Behrami all'Amburgo. In: SSC Napoli (official website of the club). August 2, 2014, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Hamburger Sport-Verein eV (ed.): Perfect: HSV obliges Valon Behrami. (No longer available online.) In: Hamburger SV. August 3, 2014, archived from the original on August 5, 2014 ; Retrieved August 3, 2014 .
  7. ↑ HSV Fußball AG (ed.): Valon Behrami changes to FC Watford. (No longer available online.) In: Hamburger SV (HSV.de). July 12, 2015, archived from the original on February 18, 2016 ; accessed on February 15, 2016 .
  8. ↑ OFFICIAL: Valon Behrami Joins Hornets From Hamburg. watfordfccom , accessed July 11, 2015 .
  9. ↑ SRF: Behrami changes to Udinese , accessed on August 17, 2017
  10. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung (ed.): FC Sion signs Valon Behrami. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
  11. ^ Swiss television website : The red card, the millimeter decision and the referee . Tuesday, June 22, 2010, accessed June 23, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Behrami, Valon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss football player
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Titova Mitrovica , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia