| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adonis Afrim Ajeti | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rapperswil-Jona | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2015 | Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Basel U-21 | 30 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Basel | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | FC Wil | 21 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | St. Gallen | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | →Chiasso (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2023– | Rapperswil-Jona | 54 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Switzerland U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2012 | Switzerland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Switzerland U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2015 | Switzerland U18 | 2 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 October 2025 | |||
Adonis Afrim Ajeti (born 26 February 1997) is a Swiss professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forSwiss Promotion League clubRapperswil-Jona.
He is the twin brother ofAlbian Ajeti and the younger brother ofArlind Ajeti. Adonis holds dual citizenship, the Swiss where he was born and grew up and the Albanian citizenship due to his parents' origin.[1]
The Ajeti twins started their youth football with Basel in 2005, at the same time as their elder brother moved to the club fromConcordia. In the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons Adonis played in Basel's U-16 and with the team he twice became Swiss Champion at this level. During the 2012–13 season he also played in their U-18 team. On 30 April 2013, the twin brothers both signed their first professional contracts with the club,[2] thus also becoming part of their first team. During the 2013–14 season he was called into their U-21 team.
Ajeti made his professional debut with Basel in the closing match of the2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage againstLech Poznań on 10 December 2015 coming on as a substitute at half-time in place ofMichael Lang in a 0–1 away victory.[3] He became the last of the brothers to make a professional debut also with Basel. Due to absence ofMarek Suchý injured and since Basel had already secured the qualification to theknockout phase, the coachUrs Fischer invited him to participate in the match.[4]
Following his professional debut with Basel, Ajeti continued his professional career atSwiss Challenge League clubFC Wil 1900, where he signed on 7 February 2016 a contract until 30 June 2020.[5]
On 7 July 2023, Rapperswil-Jona announced the signing of Ajeti.[6]
Ajeti played in several friendly matches withSwitzerland national under-15 football team during the spring 2012 under the coachYves Débonnaire including a full 80-minutes match againstBelgium under-15 in where he played as acaptain and scored a goal in a 5–3 win. Later in the same year in autumn and again under the same coach he captainedSwitzerland national under-16 football team in three friendly matches. He continued in 2013 captainingSwitzerland national under-17 football team in two friendly matches in August against Germany and Austria. Then in 2015 he played forSwitzerland national under-18 football team in a double friendly match against England on 26 and 28 March where he scored a goal.
Despite having been born in and grown up in Switzerland, all "Ajeti brothers" have a good knowledge of theAlbanian language, the language of their parents, as they have always communicated in Albanian at home.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Basel U-21 | 2014–15 | 1. Liga Promotion | 20 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 10 | 2 | – | – | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| Basel | 2015–16 | Swiss Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wil | 2015–16 | Swiss Challenge League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Chiasso (loan) | 2018–19 | Swiss Challenge League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| Career total | 66 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 3 | ||
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