Almen Abdi
Individual data
Full name Almen Abdi[1]
Date of birth 21 October 1986 (age 29)[2]
Spot of birth Prizren, Kosovo
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club data
Current group
Watford
Number 22
Youth vocation
– Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2009 Zürich 132 (31)
2009–2010 Le Mans 13 (0)
2010–2013 Udinese 42 (0)
2012–2013 → Watford (loan) 38 (12)
2013– Watford 63 (12)
National team‡
2007–2008 Switzerland U21 5 (0)
2008– Switzerland 6 (0)
Vocation
Abdi began his football vocation at Zürich, where he got through the positions of the FC Zürich youth institute. Following one year at the club, Abdi made his expert presentation at age seventeen in the 2003–04 season, going ahead as a substitute for Arthur Petrosyan in the 89th moment, in a 2–1 misfortune against Basel. All through his initial three seasons at Zürich, Abdi highlighted little, and for the most part remained a seat player. In any case, the 2006–07 season was Abdi's leap forward season, showing up than any time in recent memory and setting up himself as a first group starter. Amid the 2006–07 season, Abdi would make his Champions League debut in the second capability round against Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg, in the wake of going ahead as a substitute. He scored his first class objective on 29 July 2006, in a 2–0 win over Schaffhausen.
Abdi was a piece of the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning Zürich squad. He was honored an enhanced contract in June 2006 which would last until the mid year of 2010[citation needed]. Having completed as the club's top goalscorer in the 2008–09 group battle with 19 objectives and including a great 12 helps, Abdi was not just named the best midfielder in the Swiss Super League, additionally gave the season's Best Swiss Player Award. In the 2009–10 season, Abdi was dropped to the FC Zürich hold group in November 2009, close by partner Andrés Vasquez, with FC Zürich expressing they were making arrangements for the future without the pair.
Le Mans
In January 2010, Abdi was exchanged to Le Mans on a six-month contract with the choice to develop it at a later date, ought to the club stay in Ligue 1. Be that as it may, Le Mans neglected to maintain a strategic distance from transfer to Ligue 2 toward the end of the battle, with Abdi showing up.
Udinese
In April 2010, Abdi affirmed that he would be joining Udinese in the mid year once he turned into a free operators. In Udine, he showed up in the 2010–11 season, the greater part of them originating from the seat. In the 2011–2012 season, Abdi scored his first objective for the Friulian club in the Europa League on 29 September 2011, changing over the punishment to level against Celtic at Celtic Park. Not long after, there was gossip of Abdi making an arrival to Zürich. Be that as it may, Abdi prevented any talk from claiming him being connected to Zürich, demanding he felt fine and settled at Udinese.
Watford
In July 2012, Abdi prepared with Watford with a perspective to a conceivable advance. He included in the Championship side's initial three pre-season friendlies,[15] and later joined the club on a season-long advance for the 2012–13.[16] Abdi scored his first objective for Watford on his group debut against Crystal Palace on 18 August 2012. In November 2012, Abdi soon harmed his shoulder, separating it in the process.Following four weeks of recovery, he came back to the seat and went ahead as a substitute amid the 2–1 home misfortune against Hull City on 8 December 2013. Abdi made it three group objectives in the same number of amusements with his exertion against Birmingham City on 16 February 2013, taking his aggregate objective count to 9. Abdi had netted in the past two diversions against Bolton Wanderers and Crystal Palace. Abdi then scored his tenth objective of the season with a lavish free kick in a 1–1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 1 March 2013. Towards the end of the season, Abdi apparently expressed his yearning to stay at Watford on a perpetual premise, having turned into the club's fan top pick. In right on time May 2013, he grabbed the Hornets' Player of the Season recompense.
On 19 July 2013, Watford FC affirmed that Abdi had marked a three-year bargain on a perpetual premise.
Having not showed up for Watford FC because of an extreme instance of plantar fasciitis since 31 August 2013, Abdi made his hotly anticipated rebound as a 75th-minute substitute in a 2–0 FA Cup third round replay triumph over Bristol City on 14 January 2014. Abdi then made his group return four days after the fact, as a first-half substitute against Bournemouth on 18 January 2014, going ahead for the harmed Iriney.
Making his first class begin for seven months, Abdi netted his first objective as a Watford beginning squad part in a 3–0 home win against Leeds United on 8 April 2014.
On 30 August 2014, in a Championship home match against Huddersfield Town, Abdi scored his first ever prop for Watford FC. The amusement finished 4–2, with Abdi giving the objectives to make it 2–1 and 4–2 separately. Besides, Abdi likewise contributed one help with the same amusement.
Universal profession
He made his senior Switzerland universal introduction against Cyprus on 20 August 2008.
Individual life
On 24 April 2011, Abdi was focused by robbers and his belonging were stolen. Abdi is great companions with comrade and partner Gökhan Inler, who helped him creating at Udinese.Abdi has been a few times on Swiss Gossip daily papers with his sweetheart Chiara on acc
