Naser Aliji
Personal information
Full name Naser Aliji
Date of birth (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) defender
Team information
Current team
FC Basel
Number 27
Youth career
2008—2013 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000—2012 Basel U-21 42 (2)
2013— Basel 0 (0)
International career
2011 Switzerland U-18 2 (0)
2013 Switzerland U-20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2014, 24:00 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2014, 24:00 (UTC)

Naser Aliji (* 27 December 1993 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is a Swiss-Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.

Aliji was born in Skopje and lived there until he was four years old, at which time his mother moved to Basel in Switzerland to join his father who had been working there for many years. He started his youth football with Basel in 2008. Later he played in their U-18 team and in their U-21 team where he received various individual prices as the youngster of the year.[1][2]

He signed his first professional contract on 20 June 2013 and joined their first team.[3] Aliji made is first team debut on 17 August as he was substituted in during the Swiss Cup first round match against BSC Old Boys.[4] He played his first match in the starting eleven in the Swiss Cup Quarterfinal against Le Mont on 5 February 2014 as Basel won 6–1. A minute before half time he gave the final pass as Marco Streller scored the third goal of the game.[5]

Titles and honours

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Individual

  • Rookies of the Year: 2011,[1] 2013 [2]
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References

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  1. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2011). "Die BKB zeichnete am Luzern-Spiel die „Rookies of the Year" aus". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2011-05-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)
  2. ^ a b FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Auszeichnung der "Rookies of the Year"". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-06-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)
  3. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Profiverträge für Nachwuchsspieler und Leihverträge für Profispieler". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-06-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (in German)
  4. ^ Marti, Caspar (2013). "Der FCB muss gegen OB eine Extraschicht schieben". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-08-17. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)
  5. ^ Marti, Caspar (2013). "Der FCB zieht ohne Mühe in den Cuphalbfinal ein". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2014-02-05. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)