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Bashkim Ajdini
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 Ajdini with SV Sandhausen in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Halmstad, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Osnabrück | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2011 | SJC Hövelriege | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Arminia Bielefeld II | 82 | (14) |
| 2014–2015 | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 31 | (3) |
| 2016–2021 | VfL Osnabrück | 142 | (10) |
| 2021–2023 | SV Sandhausen | 57 | (3) |
| 2023– | VfL Osnabrück | 27 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024 | |||
Bashkim Ajdini (born 10 December 1992), previously known as Bashkim Renneke, is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for German 3. Liga club VfL Osnabrück. Born in Sweden, he has chosen to represent the Kosovo national team.[1]
Club career
[edit]VfL Osnabrück
[edit]On 24 May 2016, Ajdini joined 3. Liga side VfL Osnabrück.[2] On 31 July 2016, he made his debut in a 0–1 away win against Preußen Münster after coming on as a substitute at 58th minute in place of Jules Reimerink.[3] Twenty-six days after debut, Ajdini scored his first goal for VfL Osnabrück in his second appearance for the club in a 4–2 away defeat over Werder Bremen II in 3. Liga.[4]
SV Sandhausen
[edit]On 28 June 2021, Ajdini joined 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen, to replace the injured Dennis Diekmeier as the second choice.[5] On 25 July 2021, he made his debut in a 0–2 home defeat against Fortuna Düsseldorf after being named in the starting line-up.[6]
Return to VfL Osnabrück
[edit]On 20 June 2023, Ajdini returned to VfL Osnabrück, shortly before promoted to 2. Bundesliga.[7]
International career
[edit]Ajdini was eligible for Kosovo and Germany internationally, as well as Sweden, his birthplace. On 25 May 2021, he received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly matches against San Marino and Malta,[1] he was an unused substitute in these matches.
Personal life
[edit]Ajdini was born in Halmstad, Sweden, where his parents had emigrated to escape the tensions of the Yugoslav Wars, and later settled in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany. His family was deported back to Veliki Trnovac in August 2003, but he returned to Germany a year later after being adopted by a German family living in Hövelhof and taking their surname Renneke instead of his original surname Ajdini.[8] On 5 March 2019, he re-took his birth surname "Ajdini".[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Challandes e publikon listën e futbollistëve për miqësoret kundër San Marinos e Maltës" [Challandes publishes the list of footballers for the friendlies against San Marino and Malta] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 May 2021.
- ^ ""Umschaltspieler" Renneke unterschreibt in Osnabrück" ["Shift player" Renneke signs in Osnabrück] (in German). Kicker. 24 May 2016.
- ^ "SC Preußen Münster – VfL Osnabrück, 0:1" (in German). German Football Association. 31 July 2016.
- ^ "SV Werder Bremen II – VfL Osnabrück, 4:2" (in German). German Football Association. 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Bashkim Ajdini kommt aus Osnabrück an den Hardtwald" [Bashkim Ajdini comes from Osnabrück to the Hardtwald] (in German). SV Sandhausen. 28 June 2021.
- ^ "0:2-Niederlage zum Auftakt gegen Fortuna Düsseldorf" [0:2 defeat at the beginning against Fortuna Düsseldorf] (in German). SV Sandhausen. 25 July 2021.
- ^ "WIEDER IN LILA-WEISS: BASHKIM AJDINI ZURÜCK BEIM VFL" (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Renneke meistert viele Hürden" [Renneke masters many hurdles]. Neue Westfälische (in German). 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Aus Renneke wird Ajdini" [Renneke becomes Ajdini] (in German). Kicker. 5 March 2019.
External links
[edit]- Bashkim Ajdini at Soccerway
- Bashkim Ajdini at WorldFootball.net
- Bashkim Ajdini at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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