Mergim Brahimi

Mergim Brahimi (born 8 August 1992) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Wil. A youth international for Albania and Switzerland, Brahimi represented the Albania national team once in a friendly. He switched, and represents the Kosovo national team.

Club Career

Youth clubs

At the age of five, Brahimi signed for local side FC Red Star Zurich before being spotted by Grasshopper Zurich in 2007. Brahimi moved up the ranks of the youth divisions at Grasshopper Zurich, eventually playing for the under-21s in 2010. In the under-21s, Brahimi made a total of thirty two appearances and scored three goals before joining the senior team.

Grasshopper Club Zurich

Brahimi made his first team appearance against city rivals FC Zurich on 2 October 2011. He came on in the 21st minute and made a good impact, in a game that was later abandoned due to FC Zurich fan violence. A 3–0 victory was awarded to GC.

Brahimi made his first starting appearance in the second round of the Schweizer Cup against FC Chiasso on 16 October 2011. He started the game and was substituted in the 77th minute for Davor Landeka in the 1–0 win.

On 28 July 2012, Brahimi scored his first goal for Grasshopper against FC Basel three minutes after he came off the bench on the 80th minute.

Panionios

On 14 January 2018, Panionios officially announced the capture of Kosovo-Albanian Mergim Brahimi. The 25-year-old international (with Kosovo National Team) attacking midfielder will replace experienced Iranian attacking midfielder Masoud Shojaei who recently joined rivals AEK Athens.

FC Wil

On 3 June 2019 it was confirmed, that Brahimi a two-year contract with FC Wil with an option to one further year.

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