Arianit Shaqiri

Arianit "Ari" Shaqiri (born 27 August 1988)[1] is a Swiss-Albanian youth football coach and the founder of PrioSocc Academy.[2][3] He is the eldest brother of Swiss-Albanian professional football player Xherdan Shaqiri.[4][2][3][5]

Arianit Shaqiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-08-27) 27 August 1988[1]
Place of birth Zhegër, Gjilan, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
0000 SV Augst
0000 FC Pratteln
0000–2010 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 FC Oberdorf 12 (2)
2012–2015 FC Pratteln
2015–2017 Dardania Basel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Arianit Shaqiri was born on 27 August 1988 in Zhegër,[1] Gjilan, Kosovo.[4] He is the oldest of four siblings, one of them being the professional footballer Xherdan Shaqiri.[2] His parents, Isa and Fatime, are Kosovo Albanian immigrants who migrated from Kosovo to Augst, Switzerland when Shaqiri was very young.[4][6] His father worked as a laborer, while his mother as a cleaner.[6]

While growing up, Shaqiri wanted to become a police officer. In 2012, he completed his apprenticeship as an auto mechanic and a full-service as a fusilier in the Swiss Armed Forces.[7][6]

Career

Shaqiri started his football career by playing in the FC Augst and FC Pratteln youth teams.[8] Later, he played in the FC Basel's U14 to the U18 teams.[2] His teammates there included Ivan Rakitić, Yann Sommer, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Timm Klose, and Simone Grippo, who were later called to play for the Switzerland national youth teams.[7][9] Due to a knee injury, Shaqiri was unable to become a professional footballer,[2] and made it only to the 2. Liga Interregional.[7]

In 2012, Shaqiri moved in Munich, Germany to live with his brother Xherdan who transferred to Bayern Munich. When Xherdan transferred to Inter Milan in 2015, Arianit briefly lived in Milan, Italy with him,[9] then moved back to Switzerland to live with his other family members.[7] There, he established PrioSocc Academy, a football camp for kids aged 6 to 16 that has six coaches, five of whom are Albanian from Kosovo and North Macedonia.[3][9]

References
  1. "Arianit Shaqiri". Playmaker. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. Latscha, Heiko (5 July 2017). "Arianit Shaqiri setzt auf die Zukunft". Telebasel (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. "Big Mama në akademinë e futbollit të vëllait të Xherdan Shaqirit". RTV21 (in Albanian). 10 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. Zimmerli, Jill (4 June 2014). "World Cup 2014: Switzerland profile – Xherdan Shaqiri". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. Böni, Andreas (1 October 2018). "Shaq sucht das grösste Schweizer Talent". Blick (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. Eisenring, Yvonne (7 August 2012). "Xherdan Shaqiri: eine Begegnung mit dem besten Fussballspieler der Schweiz". Annabelle (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  7. Böni, Andreas (13 March 2019). "Xherdan wird Gänsehaut haben". Blick (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  8. Strasser, Patrick (28 October 2012). "Shaqiri: "Braver Bruder statt Bad Boy"". Abendzeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  9. Dika, Fitim (12 June 2018). "Arianit Shaqiri tregon prapaskenat e Xherdanit, ja pse tre vëllezërit nuk kanë tatu". Albinfo (in Albanian). Retrieved 18 February 2021.


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