Berat Djimsiti

Berat Ridvan Djimsiti (Albanian: Gjimshiti; born 19 February 1993) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in Switzerland to Albanian parents, he represented his birth country at youth level before choosing to play for the Albania national team.

Club Career

Early career

Djimsiti was born in Zurich, Switzerland into an ethnic Albanian family, from the village of Veliki Trnovac in Serbia. He started his youth career at FC Zurich-Affoltern where he stayed until 2007, when he moved to FC Zurich academies at the age of 14.

Zurich

Djimsiti was called up to the first-team for the first time in the 2011–12 Swiss Super League season, being benched in the 2–1 victory against Young Boys on 19 April 2011. He was also part of the squad in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League play-off round match against Bayern Munich on 17 August 2011. He made his professional debut on 3 March 2012 against Sion, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute and replacing Heinz Barmettler in a 0–1 loss. He scored his first goal for Zurich on 20 May 2012 against Grasshopper, where he played as a starter and scored in the 75th minute to give his team a 0–1 away victory. Those were his only matches for the entire season.

He became a regular starter in the 2012–13 season.

Atalanta

On 18 January 2016, Djimsiti signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Serie A side Atalanta, taking the number 55 for the second part of 2015–16 season. He debuted on 3 May 2016 against Napoli in a 2–1 loss.

Djimsiti returned to Atalanta ahead of 2018–19 season, playing his first match on 20 August in the 4–0 win against Frosinone. He scored his first goal for Atalanta later on 11 November, heading home his side's third goal in a 4–1 home win over Inter Milan, which ended the visitor's six-match winning streak.

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