Andi Zeqiri

Andi Zeqiri (born 22 June 1999) is a Kosovan Swiss football player who plays as centre-forward for Swiss side Lausanne.[1]

Andi Zeqiri
Personal information
Full name Andi Zeqiri
Date of birth (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Centre-forward
Club information
Current team
 Lausanne
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2011 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy
2011–2016 Lausanne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Lausanne 66 (21)
2016–2017 → Juventus U19 (loan) 21 (5)
National team‡
2014–2015 Switzerland U17 6 (2)
2015–2020 Switzerland U19 6 (1)
2020- Kosovo 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 8, 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 8, 2016

Club career

Early career

Born in Lausanne in 1999, Zeqiri started his football career with local team Stade Lausanne-Ouchy youth team. Zeqiri moved to Lausanne in 2011 at the age of 12.[2]

Lausanne-Sport

In 2015, Zeqiri was called up for Lausanne first team. On 20 March 2016, he made his Swiss Challenge League debut against LeMont at Stade Sous-Ville, replacing Anđelko Savić at the 71st minute.[3] On 21 April 2016, Zeqiri scored his first league goal against Wohlen. In 2015/16 season, Zeqiri played fourteen games and scored two goals. In the season Lausanne won the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League. On 18 September 2015, Zeqiri played in Swiss Cup against Thun.[4]

Juventus (loan)

In August 2016, Zeqiri joined Juventus on a season long loan with an option to buy.[5][6]

Lausanne-Sport

In July 2017, Zeqiri opted for his come back to Lausanne.[7]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Zeqiri is of Kosovo Albanian descent.[8] Zeqiri is a member of Switzerland national under-19 football team in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.[9]On June 18 2020, Andi's father Avdi Zeqiri confirmed to futbolli.info that Andi is getting all necessary documents to complete a move to Kosovo ahead of their game against North Macedonia in October.

Club career statistics
Club performance League Cup continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Switzerland League Swiss Cup Europe Total
2014-15Lausanne-SportSwiss Challenge League3000—30
2015-1614210—152
TotalSwitzerland1721000182
Career total 1721000182

Honours

Club

Laussane-Sport

References
  1. "Switzerland - A. Zeqiri - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. "Andi Zeqiri (17) ist das nächste Schweizer Supertalent - Blick" [Zeqiri (17) is a Swiss Supertalent - Blick] (in German). Blick. October 13, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. "Le Mont vs. Lausanne Sport - 22 May 2015 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. "Lausanne Sport vs. Thun - 18 September 2015 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  5. "Andi Zeqiri, chi è il nuovo attaccante della Primavera bianconera" [Andi Zeqiri ,A new striker for Juventus Primavera team.] (in Italian). SpazioJ. August 30, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  6. "Andi Zeqiri - Football-Wonderkids". football-wonderkids.co.uk. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  7. "Juventus, non riscattato Zeqiri. L'agente: "Grande società, è stata una scelta nostra"". mondoprimavera.com (in Italian). Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  8. "Zyrtare: Super talenti kosovar i bashkohet ekipit të parë të Juventusit (FOTO) - GazetaBlic". March 8, 2017.
  9. "Under-19 - Andi Zeqiri – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.


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