Albion Qaush Avdijaj (born 12 January 1994, Zurich) is a professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in Switzerland, he represented that nation at youth international levels, appeared in two friendly matches for the

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

senior team, and played twice for

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at under-21 level.

Club career

VfL Wolfsburg II

After failing to break to Grasshopper's first team, Avdijaj joined the

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of VfL Wolfsburg for the 2015–16 season. He made his debut in the

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on 17 August, playing full-90 minutes in a 1–0 away win to

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. Then Avdijaj scored his first goals with ''Wolves'' on 6 September in a 4–0 home hammering of Havelse. Avdijaj continued with his strong form, scoring against

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, the winner against VfB Oldenburg, before scoring another brace in the 4–2 home win over

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, taking his tally up to 6 goals.

Vaduz

On 30 August 2015, on the deadline day, Avdijaj completed a transfer to

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for an undisclosed fee, signing until June 2017. Upon signing, Avdijaj stated: "The transfer is successfully completed, I'm ready for the new challenge. He was allocated squad number 7, and made his competitive debut on 12 September in the opening

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week against Young Boys, entering as a second-half substitute in an eventual 4–0 away crash. He opened his scoring account later on 31 October where he scored the opener against

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, which turned out to be nothing as visitors bounced back to win 2–1. One week later, Avdijaj was again on the scoresheet, netting in the 72nd minute against

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but was sent-off two minutes later following a second yellow card; the match finished in a 1–1 draw.

Viborg FF

On 3 September 2019, Avdijaj joined

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in Denmark on a three-year deal. On 19 May 2020 the club confirmed, that Avdijaj's contract had been terminated, because he wanted to be closer to his family in Switzerland.

Kriens

On 1 July 2021, he signed with Kriens.

International career

Kosovo

In May 2014, Avdijaj accepted an invitation from

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to play for

in the friendlies against

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and

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

. He made his first appearance for Kosovo against Turkey on 21 May, appearing as a substitute in the 60th minute in an eventual 1–6 home defeat. Four days later he made his second appearance, his first as a starter, in another defeat, this time to Senegal at Stade de Genève. Those were his only appearances for Kosovo, as he switched to play for Albania.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Grasshoppers *

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FC Vaduz * Liechtenstein Football Cup: 2015-16,

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