Euro 2008 Player Profile: Valon Behrami

Name: Valon Behrami
Date of Birth: 19 April 1985
Place of Birth: Mitrovica, Kosovo
Height: 1m86
Position: Winger, Full Back
Current Club: SS Lazio, Number 85
Club History: 1993-1997 Stabio, 1997-2000 Chiasso, 2000-2002 Lugano (youth clubs), 2002-2003 Lugano (2 Appearances), 2003-2005 Genoa (24 Appearances), 2004-2005 Verona (32 App, 3 Goals – on loan), SS Lazio (64 App, 4 Goals)
Switzerland Stats: 16 Appearances, 2 Goals. First game vs. France in a World Cup 2006 qualifying game. Number 19.

His parents are Albanian (originally from Kosovo) and moved to Stabio, Ticino (Italian-speaking Switzerland), where he obtained Swiss Nationality.
He scored a 92nd goal in the latest Lazio-Roma derby, giving the biancocelesti the triumph over the giallorossi.
In the January transfer window he had been valued 12 Million Euros.
He scored one of the two goals in the first leg of the Switzerland-Turkey World Cup 2006 playoff.
He only played 5 minutes in the entire World Cup due to injuries.
At the end of the season he has threatened to leave Lazio in accordance with the “Article 17″ of the FIFA regulation and the team’s president, Claudio Lotito, has stated that he will bring the case to court.

He possesses good shooting skills and has shown a lot of improvement with the Swiss team. He has to keep his nerves under control, especially for the sake of the team during important games. He’s been decisive in the last two friendlies vs. Slovakia and Liechtenstein. Kuhn appears to have decided to keep him in the starting 11.

Behrami’s incredible goal vs. As Roma