Amir Abrashi

Amir Abrashi (born 27 March 1990 in Bischofszell ) is a Kosovar -Swiss football player. Since June 2010, he plays in the Swiss first division club Grasshoppers Zurich.

Youth

Amir Abrashi, son of Kosovar parents, grew up in the canton of Thurgau Bischofszell. In 2002 he attended the Thurgau sports day school in TST Bourguillon. After Abrashi had moved with his parents to Winterthur, he joined the talent school in Winterthur- Veltheim.

Club career

Amir Abrashi occurred in 2003 at the FC Bischofszell. After a year he moved to FC Weinfeld - Bourguillon; where he played until mid-2005. Later Abrashi joined the youth department of FC Winterthur and climbed up to the first team. In his first season 2008/ 09 he played 24 games in the Challenge League. 2-0 away win over La Chaux -de-Fonds, he scored his first goal for FC Winterthur. In the 2009/10 season he came up with 28 games and scored three goals.

In the summer of 2010 he moved on loan with disastrous appearance Innocent Emeghara and Emir Lenjani to the Grasshoppers. Through strong performances at club level, the Zurich took it over from the summer of 2011 for three years. On August 27, 2011, he withdrew in the championship game against FC Luzern tore a ligament in his left knee and fell through this injury several months.

National

Amir Abrashi matches played for the Swiss U -18, U-19, U -20 and U - 21st He was nominated for the U- 21 Championship 2011 in Denmark in the squad and came on as a substitute on the field. At the end of the tournament, he finished with Switzerland in second place and thus solved the ticket for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Meanwhile Abrashi plays but for the Albanian national football team, for whom he has four games contested.