Bashkim Ajdini

Bashkim Ajdini
Ajdini with SV Sandhausen in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-10) 10 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Halmstad, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 VfL Osnabrück
Number 5
Youth career
1997–2011 SJC Hövelriege
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Arminia Bielefeld II 82 (14)
2014–2015 Arminia Bielefeld 9 (0)
2015–2016 Sonnenhof Großaspach 31 (3)
2016–2021 VfL Osnabrück 142 (10)
2021–2023 SV Sandhausen 57 (3)
2023– VfL Osnabrück 27 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024

Bashkim Ajdini (born 10 December 1992), previously known as Bashkim Renneke, is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for German 3. Liga club VfL Osnabrück. Born in Sweden, he has chosen to represent the Kosovo national team.[1]

Club career

VfL Osnabrück

On 24 May 2016, Ajdini joined 3. Liga side VfL Osnabrück.[2] On 31 July 2016, he made his debut in a 0–1 away win against Preußen Münster after coming on as a substitute at 58th minute in place of Jules Reimerink.[3] Twenty-six days after debut, Ajdini scored his first goal for VfL Osnabrück in his second appearance for the club in a 4–2 away defeat over Werder Bremen II in 3. Liga.[4]

SV Sandhausen

On 28 June 2021, Ajdini joined 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen, to replace the injured Dennis Diekmeier as the second choice.[5] On 25 July 2021, he made his debut in a 0–2 home defeat against Fortuna Düsseldorf after being named in the starting line-up.[6]

Return to VfL Osnabrück

On 20 June 2023, Ajdini returned to VfL Osnabrück, shortly before promoted to 2. Bundesliga.[7]

International career

Ajdini was eligible for Kosovo and Germany internationally, as well as Sweden, his birthplace. On 25 May 2021, he received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly matches against San Marino and Malta,[1] he was an unused substitute in these matches.

Personal life

Ajdini was born in Halmstad, Sweden, where his parents had emigrated to escape the tensions of the Yugoslav Wars, and later settled in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany. His family was deported back to Veliki Trnovac in August 2003, but he returned to Germany a year later after being adopted by a German family living in Hövelhof and taking their surname Renneke instead of his original surname Ajdini.[8] On 5 March 2019, he re-took his birth surname "Ajdini".[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Challandes e publikon listën e futbollistëve për miqësoret kundër San Marinos e Maltës" [Challandes publishes the list of footballers for the friendlies against San Marino and Malta] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ ""Umschaltspieler" Renneke unterschreibt in Osnabrück" ["Shift player" Renneke signs in Osnabrück] (in German). Kicker. 24 May 2016.
  3. ^ "SC Preußen Münster – VfL Osnabrück, 0:1" (in German). German Football Association. 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ "SV Werder Bremen II – VfL Osnabrück, 4:2" (in German). German Football Association. 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Bashkim Ajdini kommt aus Osnabrück an den Hardtwald" [Bashkim Ajdini comes from Osnabrück to the Hardtwald] (in German). SV Sandhausen. 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ "0:2-Niederlage zum Auftakt gegen Fortuna Düsseldorf" [0:2 defeat at the beginning against Fortuna Düsseldorf] (in German). SV Sandhausen. 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "WIEDER IN LILA-WEISS: BASHKIM AJDINI ZURÜCK BEIM VFL" (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 20 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Renneke meistert viele Hürden" [Renneke masters many hurdles]. Neue Westfälische (in German). 7 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Aus Renneke wird Ajdini" [Renneke becomes Ajdini] (in German). Kicker. 5 March 2019.


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