15 Facts About Naser Aliji

Naser Ismail Aliji was born on 27 December 1993 and is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back, and for the Albania national team.

Naser Aliji lived there until he was four years old, at which time his mother moved to Baden, Switzerland together with her two other siblings, a sister and a brother, to join their father, who had been working there for many years.

Naser Aliji started his youth football aged 4 when he was sent by his brother to play with FC Baden.

Naser Aliji signed his first professional contract with FC Basel on 20 June 2013 and joined their first team.

On 17 January 2015, it was announced that Naser Aliji would be lent out to Vaduz to gain first team playing experience.

In January 2015 during the Winter transfers window, Naser Aliji was loaned out to the fellow Swiss Super League team FC Vaduz for 1 year and half.

Until the end of the league season Naser Aliji played 17 matches all as a starter and substituted off in just one occasion.

On 1 July 2016, Basel announced that Naser Aliji was leaving the club and would move to Germany.

Naser Aliji scored his sole goal in the domestic league.

Naser Aliji should have compensated for the departure of Chris Lowe on the left side of defence.

Naser Aliji later played for Dinamo Bucuresti and Budapest Honved.

On 17 December 2014, the FSHF representative for talents in Switzerland, Sokol Dauti, confirmed that Naser Aliji had decided to represent Albania and begun the procedure to get an Albanian passport.

On 5 March 2015, Naser Aliji received Albanian citizenship alongside his teammate Ajeti, and became the first player ever from Macedonia to wear the Albania national team shirt.

Naser Aliji received his first call-up to the Albania national team by the coach Gianni De Biasi for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Armenia on 29 March 2015.

On 21 May 2016, Naser Aliji was named in Albania's preliminary 27-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016, and in Albania's final 23-man UEFA Euro 2016 squad on 31 May.