Astrit Ajdarević
Personal information
Full name	Astrit Ajdarević
Date of birth	17 April 1990 (1990-04-17) (age 19)
Place of birth	Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Leicester City
Number	26
Youth career
1996-2000 2001–2007 2007–2009	Rinia IF Falkenbergs FF Liverpool
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006–2007 2007–2009 2009 2009–	Falkenbergs FF Liverpool → Leicester City (loan) Leicester City	04 (1) 00 (0) 05 (0) 00 (0)
National team2
2006–2007 2008–2009	Sweden U17 Sweden U19	15 (6) 0? (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:36, 30 June 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:36, 30 June 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Astrit Ajdarević (born 17 April 1990 in Pristina) is a Swedish professional footballer currently playing as an Attacking Midfielder for Leicester City.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Career in England 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

He moved 1992 with his family to Sweden^[1].

His father Agim Ajdarević was in the 80's and 90's member of Spartak Subotica and moved 1992 to Sweden, he signed later with Falkenbergs FF^[2].

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Ajdarević began his career 1996 in his adopted nation Sweden, he played first for Rinia IF and signed than later with Falkenbergs FF, here played between Winter 2006/2007^[1].

[edit] Career in England

On 5 December 2006 Ajdarević completed a second trial at Liverpool and transferred soon afterwards to the club, having impressed the club's coaching staff. He made his Liverpool youth team debut in the FA Youth Cup victory against Reading in January 2007^[3].

He joined Leicester City on trial in January 2009 and signed for the Foxes on the loan signing deadline for football league clubs on 26 March 2009 until the end of the current season, which the Midlands based club will then have the option to sign him permanently.^[4] He made his debut as a second half substitute replacing Max Gradel after 70 minutes of Leicester's 2–2 draw with Carlisle United at the Walkers Stadium.^[5]

On 30 June 2009 Ajdarević joined Leicester permanently having been released by Liverpool, signing a one-year deal.^[6]

[edit] Honours

Liverpool

• FA Youth Cup: Winner 2007

Leicester City

• League One: Winner 2008-09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Astrit Ajdarević career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Ajdarević, Astrit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ajdarević, Astrit
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Swedish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 17, 1990 (1990-04-17) (age 19)
PLACE OF BIRTH	, Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH