Albin Krasniqi

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Albin Krasniqi
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-04-06) 6 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Solothurn, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
St. Gallen
Number 61
Youth career
2010–2012 FC Wacker Grenchen
2012–2019 Solothurn
2019–2021 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Basel II 33 (14)
2023– St. Gallen II 19 (7)
2023– St. Gallen 7 (1)
International career
2023– Switzerland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:42, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:42, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Albin Krasniqi (born 6 April 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for St. Gallen.

Club career[edit]

Krasniqi is a youth product of FC Wacker Grenchen, Solothurn and Basel. He began his senior career with Basel's reserves in 2021, and on 12 April 2023 moved to the reserves of St. Gallen.[1] In the summer of 2023, he started training with St. Gallen's senior team, and eventually joined them permanently.[2] He made his senior and professional debut with St. Gallen as a substitute in a 1–0 Swiss Super League loss to Lugano on 29 July 2023.[3]

International career[edit]

Born in Switzerland, Krasniqi is of Kosovan descent.[4] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played for the Switzerland U21s.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.
  2. ^ Staub, Emanuel (25 July 2023). "Super-League-Youngsters to watch 2023/24".
  3. ^ Loher, Ralf Streule, Patricia (12 September 2023). "Fussball: Sieben Fragen zum neuen Gesicht des FCSG". St. Galler Tagblatt.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Një yll i ri nga Kosova ka filluar të lë gjurmë në Zvicër, Albin Krasniqi flet për golin e parë në Superligë: Kam kaluar tanimë pritshmëritë". 6 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.

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