Eris Abedini (born 29 August 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Swiss club

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

Club career

Early career

A youth product of

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

, Abedini begun his senior career with a two-year loan at

Chiasso Chiasso (; lmo, Ciass ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. As the southernmost of Switzerland's municipalities, Chiasso is on the border with Italy, in front of Ponte Chiasso (a frazione of C ...

. Abedini made his professional debut for Lugano in a 1–1

Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...

tie with

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

on 19 May 2018. Abedini was loaned out to

on 4 January 2019, for the rest of the season. On 16 July 2019 Abedini joined

Wil Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in ...

on a contract until June 2021.

Granada

On 3 October 2020, Abedini joined

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side Granada B, on a one-year contract with an option for two more season. On 8 November 2020, he was called up from

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for the

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match against

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at away, becoming the first ever Kosovan to make it to club's first team. He was an unused substitute in Granada defeat 2–0 at

Anoeta Stadium Anoeta Stadium ( es, Estadio de Anoeta), currently known as the Reale Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain that was inaugurated in 1993. The stadium lies at the Anoeta Sports Complex, ...

Winterthur

On 29 December 2021, he signed a contract with

until the summer of 2023.

International career

Abedini was born in Switzerland and is of Kosovan Albanian descent. Abedini was a youth international for Switzerland before switching allegiance to Kosovo. He debuted with the senior Kosovo national team in a friendly 2–2 tie with

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on 16 November 2022.

References

External links

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SFL Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abedini, Eris 1998 births Living people People from Sorengo Kosovan footballers Kosovo international footballers Kosovo under-21 international footballers Swiss men's footballers Switzerland youth international footballers Swiss people of Kosovan descent Association football midfielders FC Lugano players FC Chiasso players FC Winterthur players FC Wil players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Club Recreativo Granada players Kosovan expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Sportspeople from Ticino