Burim Kukeli

Burim Kukeli ( born January 16, 1984 in Janosh in Gjakova ) is a Kosovar football player who is under contract with FC Zurich in the Axpo Super League.

Career

Clubs

Burim Kukeli was born as Albanians in the former Yugoslav Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo. 1987 the family moved to Switzerland after the father. The football games he learned in Switzerland in the youth department of FC Solothurn. Later he was in the squad of FC Olten and SC Zofingen. At FC Schötz he received in the 2007/ 08 season, his first appearances in the League 1 (third class). In January 2008 it was bought by FC Lucerne, where in ten games of the Super League for Lucerne he ran aground in the spring of 2008. In the 2009/10 season, he made ​​the jump into the starting eleven of the Lucerne and shot so far including Cup matches two goals in 49 games. From the 2012/13 season Kukeli plays at FC Zurich.

National

Kukeli received in summer 2012 in a rapid method Albanian citizenship. So he was able to play in the games for the World Cup qualifier against Cyprus in 2014 and Switzerland in September 2012 in the Albanian team. He finally came on September 7, 2012 in a 3-1 win against Cyprus for the debut.