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Dion Kacuri

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Dion Kacuri
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Baden, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Yverdon-Sport
Number 70
Youth career
2013–2017 SC YF Juventus
2017–2020 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Grasshoppers U21 26 (7)
2021–2024 Grasshoppers 28 (1)
2024– Basel 11 (0)
2024–Yverdon-Sport (loan) 6 (0)
International career
2022 Switzerland U18 3 (1)
2022 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
2023– Switzerland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:25, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Dion Kacuri (born 11 February 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Yverdon-Sport FC, on loan from FC Basel, in the Swiss Super League.

Club career

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Kacuri made his professional debut for Grasshoppers in a 3–1 Swiss Super League win over FC Sion on 31 October 2021.[1] He signed a professional contract with Grasshoppers on 12 January 2022, keeping him at the club until 2025.[2] On 4 September 2022, he was nominated in the starting lineup for the first time and also shot his first goal in an official match, the opening goal in a 3–0 victory over FC Winterthur.[3]

On 7 February 2024, Kacuri signed a contract with Basel until the summer of 2028.[4][5] In his first half season in Basel, he made twelve appearances and even started in four. In his first ever start, he supplied the assist for the final score of 2–0 against Yverdon.

On 12 July 2024, he was loaned to Yverdon-Sport for the season.[6]

International career

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Born in Switzerland, Kacuri is of Kosovan descent.[7] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played up to the Switzerland U21s.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.
  2. ^ Zürich, Grasshopper Club. "GC VERLÄNGERT MIT KACURI UND UKA". www.gcz.ch.
  3. ^ "GC - WIN (04.09.2022)". www.gcz.ch. Grasshopper Club Zürich. 4 September 2022.
  4. ^ "DER FCB VERPFLICHTET DION KACURI" [FCB SIGNS DION KACURI] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Dion Kacuri leaves GC Zurich to join FC Basel 1893". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Dion Kacuri wechselt leihweise zu Yverdon Sport" [Dion Kacuri transfers on loan to Yverdon Sport] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Dion Kacuri, futbollisti me origjinë nga Kosova që nënshkruan kontratën e parë profesionale në Zvicër". 12 June 2020.
  8. ^ "NATIONAL GAMES | DEBUTS FOR TIM MEYER AND DION KACURI". www.gcz.ch.
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