Elis Isufi
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-21) 21 May 2000
Place of birth Liestal, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Baden
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2012 Pratteln
2012–2020 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Basel II 40 (2)
2019–2021 Basel 6 (0)
2021–2023 Kriens 58 (0)
2023– Baden 8 (0)
International career‡
2015 Switzerland U16 4 (0)
2017 Switzerland U17 4 (1)
2017–2018 Switzerland U18 4 (0)
2017–2019 Switzerland U19 12 (1)
2019 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:54, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Elis Isufi (born 21 May 2000) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Baden.

Club career

Born in Liestal, Vishi played his early football by local club FC Pratteln and moved to the youth section of FC Basel in 2012. Since then he has passed through all of the club's the junior levels. In the 2018/2019 season he made a total of 19 appearances, scoring one goal and in the 2019/2020 season he made a total of 15 appearances, also scoring one goal, with the U21 team in the Swiss Promotion League, the third tier of the Swiss football league system.

In Basel's 2019–20 season Isufi made his professional debut with his club in the Swiss Cup on 14 September 2019. Head coach Marcel Koller let Isufi play next to Emil Bergström as centre backs and they helped keep a clean sheet as Basel won 3–0 against FC Meyrin.[1] Isufi's following appearance was in a 1-0 UEFA Europa League win over APOEL FC on 27 February 2020.[2]

After these two games and three further test matches, Isufi Aplayed his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 4 July 2020 as Basel won 2–0 against Xamax.[3]

On 15 June 2021, he joined Kriens.[4]

On 16 June 2023, Isufi signed a contract with Baden.[5]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Isufi is of Kosovo-Albanian descent.[6] He is a youth international for Switzerland.

References

  1. ↑ Marti, Casper (2019). "3:0 – am Ende gewinnt der FCB in Meyrin deutlich". 3-0 - in the end, FCB win clearly in Meyrin. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. ↑ "Basel vs. APOEL - 27 February 2020 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  3. ↑ Marti, Caspar (2020). "Petretta und Cabral treffen beim 2:0-Heimsieg gegen Xamax". Petretta and Cabral score in the 2-0 home win against Xamax. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  4. ↑ "Herzlich willkommen Lino Lang und Elis Isufi" (in German). Kriens. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Neue Assistenten und zwei neue Spieler" [New assistants and two new players] (in German). Baden. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Një gjeneratë tjetër me shumë potencial e futbollistëve shqiptarë në Zvicër". February 28, 2020.
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