Nedim Bajrami (born 28 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Empoli. Born and raised in Switzerland to ethnic Albanian parents, Bajrami represented Swiss youth national teams before opting to represent senior Albania national team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1999-02-28) 28 February 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2017 | Grasshoppers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Grasshoppers U21 | 14 | (4) |
| 2017–2020 | Grasshoppers | 69 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | → Empoli (loan) | 28 | (5) |
| 2020– | Empoli | 79 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Switzerland U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014 | Switzerland U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Switzerland U17 | 13 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Switzerland U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Switzerland U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2018–2021 | Switzerland U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2021– | Albania | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:16, 2 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC) | |||
Bajrami was born in Switzerland, he spent all of his youth career with professional side Grasshoppers. He signed his first professional contract alongside teammates Petar Pusic and Arijan Qollaku in February 2017,[1] and made his debut the same month, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 loss to FC Thun.[2]
On 13 August 2019, Bajrami joined Italian Serie B club Empoli on loan with an option to buy.[3]
Bajrami has represented Switzerland up to under-19 level. He played for the Switzerland U17 team in their unsuccessful European Under-17 Championship qualification bid in 2016, featuring in all their six games.[4] He scored a total of five goals for the under-17 side, including a brace against Montenegro in 2015.[5] On 9 March 2021, Switzerland's U-21 manager Mauro Lustrinelli confirmed that Bajrami chose to switch alliances and represent his country of origin, Albania.[6] He debuted with Albania in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Hungary on 5 September 2021.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grasshoppers U21 | 2015–16 | 1. Liga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 12 | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Grasshoppers | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 69 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 6 | ||
| Empoli (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 5 | |
| Empoli | 2020–21 | Serie B | 36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7 | |
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 35 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 38 | 9 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 107 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 22 | ||
| Career total | 190 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 204 | 32 | ||
Empoli F.C. – current squad | |
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