Bashkim Ajdini

Swedish footballer (born 1992)

Bashkim Ajdini

Ajdini with SV Sandhausen in 2021

Personal information
Date of birth|  (1992-12-10) 10 December 1992 (age 31)
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|  7|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2023

Bashkim Ajdini (born 10 December 1992), previously known as Bashkim Renneke, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for German 2\. Bundesliga club VfL Osnabrück.

## Club career[edit]

### VfL Osnabrück[edit]

On 24 May 2016, Ajdini joined 3\. Liga side VfL Osnabrück.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

### SV Sandhausen[edit]

On 28 June 2021, Ajdini joined 2\. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen, to replace the injured Dennis Diekmeier as the second choice.[4] 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.[5]

### Return to VfL Osnabrück[edit]

On 20 June 2023, Ajdini returned to VfL Osnabrück, shortly before promoted to 2\. Bundesliga.[6]

## 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,[7] 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]

1. ^ ""Umschaltspieler" Renneke unterschreibt in Osnabrück" ["Shift player" Renneke signs in Osnabrück] (in German). Kicker. 24 May 2016.
2. ^ "SC Preußen Münster – VfL Osnabrück, 0:1" (in German). German Football Association. 31 July 2016.
3. ^ "SV Werder Bremen II – VfL Osnabrück, 4:2" (in German). German Football Association. 26 August 2016.
4. ^ "Bashkim Ajdini kommt aus Osnabrück an den Hardtwald" [Bashkim Ajdini comes from Osnabrück to the Hardtwald] (in German). SV Sandhausen. 28 June 2021.
5. ^ "0:2-Niederlage zum Auftakt gegen Fortuna Düsseldorf" [0:2 defeat at the beginning against Fortuna Düsseldorf] (in German). SV Sandhausen. 25 July 2021.
6. ^ "WIEDER IN LILA-WEISS: BASHKIM AJDINI ZURÜCK BEIM VFL" (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 20 June 2023.
7. ^ "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.
8. ^ "Renneke meistert viele Hürden" [Renneke masters many hurdles]. Neue Westfälische (in German). 7 February 2013.
9. ^ "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

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VfL Osnabrück - current squad

* 1 Grill
* 2 Androutsos
* 3 Kleinhansl
* 4 Gyamfi
* 5 Ajdini
* 6 Thalhammer
* 7 Niemann
* 8 Tesche
* 9 Engelhardt
* 10 Wriedt
* 11 Makridis
* 13 Kunze
* 14 Diakhité
* 16 Rorig
* 17 Conteh
* 18 Kehl
* 21 Lobinger
* 22 Kühn
* 23 Verhoek
* 24 Haas
* 25 Wiemann
* 26 Gnaase
* 27 Cuisance
* 28 Bähr
* 29 Wähling
* 30 Oduah
* 32 Wulff
* 33 Beermann (c)
* 34 Adamczyk
* 36 Böggemann
* 37 Goiginger
* 38 Wiethaup
* Coach: Koschinat

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