Arian Kabashi | |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1996 |
Birth Place: | Sierre, Switzerland |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Position: | Centre-back |
Currentclub: | EIF |
Clubnumber: | 4 |
Youthyears1: | 2012–2014 |
Youthclubs1: | Sion |
Years1: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs1: | FC Sierre |
Caps1: | 19 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Clubs2: | Martigny |
Caps2: | 26 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2016–2020 |
Clubs3: | Sion U21 |
Caps3: | 89 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs4: | Sion |
Caps4: | 12 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs5: | Lahti |
Caps5: | 34 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2024– |
Clubs6: | Ekenäs IF |
Caps6: | 12 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
Nationalteam1: | Kosovo U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 30 June 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 7 September 2018 |
Arian Kabashi (born 26 September 1996) is a Swiss-born Kosovar Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Ekenäs IF.
On 5 July 2020, Kabashi made his debut as a professional footballer in a 2–1 away defeat against St. Gallen after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Jean Ruiz.[1]
On 26 July 2022, Kabashi joined Veikkausliiga side Lahti until the end of the season.[2] Three days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against Ilves after coming on as a substitute at 66th minute in place of Arlind Sejdiu.[3] [4]
On 11 March 2024, Kabashi signed with newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Ekenäs IF (EIF) on a short contract until 18 July 2024.[5] [6]
At the start of April 2013, Kabashi received a call-up from Albania U15 for a selection camp in Switzerland.[7] On 21 March 2017, he received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Republic of Ireland U21,[8] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[9] His Albanian ancestry can be traced to the Kabashi tribe.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
FC Sierre | 2014–15 | Swiss 2. Liga Interregional | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||
Martigny | 2015–16 | Swiss 1. Liga | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
Total | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | ||||
Sion U21 | 2016–17 | Swiss Promotion League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | Swiss Promotion League | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | Swiss Promotion League | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
2019–20 | Swiss Promotion League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Total | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 80 | 2 | ||||
Sion | 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Lahti | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||
Total | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 1 | |||
Ekenäs IF | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
Career total | 179 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 192 | 6 |