Izer Aliu (born 15 November 1999) is a Swiss football player who plays as

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

in the

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...

Career

Aliu joined the

FC Zurich FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakis ...

youth academy in 2009 signing his first professional contract with the club in 2018. During the 2019-20 season, Aliu was loaned to

FC Chiasso FC Chiasso is a Swiss football club based in Chiasso. It was founded in 1905. Chiasso also played in the Italian first league between 1914 and 1923. The team's most glorious period was between 1948 and 1961, when the team was promoted to the ...

, and in September 2020, Aliu was loaned to

SC Kriens SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland, who currently play in the Swiss Challenge League. They currently play at the Stadion Kleinfeld and form a local rivalry with FC Lucerne. SC Kriens women's team plays in the Nationall ...

. On July 9, 2022, Zurich announced that Aliu and the club had agreed to mutual termination of the player's contract. Aliu subsequently joined

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Aliu is of Albanian and Macedonian descent.

References

External links

FC Zurich Stats
1999 births Living people People from Adliswil Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Swiss people of Albanian descent Swiss people of Macedonian descent FC Zürich players FC Chiasso players SC Kriens players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the canton of Zürich {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub