Valon Behrami

Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Valon Behrami
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Personal information
Full nameValon Behrami[1]
Date of birth19 April 1985
     (aged 40)
[1]
Place of birthTitova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1993–1997Stabio
1997–2000Chiasso
2000–2002Lugano
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003Lugano2(0)
2003–2005Genoa24(0)
2004–2005Hellas Verona (loan)33(3)
2005–2008Lazio65(4)
2008–2011West Ham United58(4)
2011–2012Fiorentina48(0)
2012–2014Napoli54(0)
2014–2015Hamburger SV22(0)
2015–2017Watford43(0)
2017–2019Udinese39(2)
2019Sion4(0)
2020–2022Genoa53(0)
2022Brescia5(0)
Total450(13)
National team
2005–2018Switzerland83(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Napoli[3]

International

Source:[4]

National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland
2005 3 1
2006 4 0
2007 5 0
2008 12 1
2009 1 0
2010 3 0
2011 4 0
2012 6 0
2013 7 0
2014 11 0
2015 7 0
2016 10 0
2017 3 0
2018 7 0
Total 83 2

International goals

Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Behrami goal.[5]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 November 2005 Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland 2  Turkey 2–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 24 May 2008 Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano, Switzerland 14  Slovenia 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Records

Valon Behrami Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2018.
  2. "Valon Behrami - Brescia". Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Soccerway.
  4. Valon Behrami at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "Valon Behrami - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. Corder, Mike (20 June 2018). "Serbia won't ease off against Switzerland at World Cup". AP News. Retrieved 23 June 2018.