Ajet Shehu (born 31 December 1990) is an English retired

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who played as a

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Career

Early career

Shehu was born in

Rahovec Rahovec ( sq-definite, Rahoveci) or Orahovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Ораховац) is a town and municipality located in the District of Prizren in western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Rahovec has 15,892 inhabitants, while th ...

, modern day Kosovo, but moved to England with his family as a child to escape the conflicts in the Balkans, settling in

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. He attended

Islington Arts and Media School Arts and Media School Islington, is a secondary school located in the Finsbury Park area of the London Borough of Islington. It is classified as a comprehensive trust foundation school and has been a specialist media arts college since 2003. S ...

, where he was part of the school team that won the Camden and Islington Cup in 2005, and where he caught the attention of scouts from

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who eventually signed the player to their academy. During his time at college he studied BTEC Sports, and he also joined an agency called Protec who offered Ajeti trials with

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and

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...

. He decided to join Tottenham full-time and signed a two-year contract in 2007, but after only a handful of games for the club's academy and joined

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...

under-18s on loan in 2007, before also being loaned out to

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio ...

's under-18s. He also had loan spells at non league sides

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and

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during his time at Tottenham, as well as going on trial with

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in April 2009 after begin told he would not be offered another contract by Tottenham, before also going on trial with

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at the end of the 2008–09 season.

Post Tottenham

Ajeti joined

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side

on a non contract basis in the summer of 2009 following his release from Tottenham, but he failed to make an appearance for the club during his short spell. By September 2019, he had retired.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shehu, Ajet 1990 births Living people People from Orahovac Kosovan emigrants to the United Kingdom Kosovan footballers Association football central defenders Barnet F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Leatherhead F.C. players Staines Town F.C. players Ware F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Wingate & Finchley F.C. players KS Gramozi Ersekë players Codicote F.C. players Harrow Borough F.C. players Kategoria e Parë players Kosovan expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate footballers in Albania