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 41)
[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)
2004–2005→ Hellas 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. FIFA. p. 30.
  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. Serbia won't ease off against Switzerland at World Cup (20 June 2018)AP News. Retrieved 23 June 2018.