Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (age 34) | ||
Place of birth | Rahovec, Kosovo | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | Barnet | ||
2007–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
2007 | →Norwich City (loan) | ||
2008 | →Leyton Orient (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2007 | →Norwich City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2008 | →Leyton Orient (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2008 | →Leatherhead (loan) | ||
2008–2009 | →Staines Town (loan) | ||
2009 | →Ware (loan) | ||
2009 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | (0) |
2010 | Ware | 2 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Wingate & Finchley | ||
2011 | Gramozi Ersekë | 11 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Codicote | ? | (?) |
2013 | Harrow Borough | 0 | (0) |
2014 | Codicote | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Ware | 21 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ajet Shehu (born 31 December 1990) is an English retiredfootballer who played as acentre-back.[1][2][3]
Shehu was born inRahovec, modern day Kosovo, but moved to England with his family as a child to escape the conflicts in the Balkans, settling inWest London. He attendedIslington Arts and Media School, where he was part of the school team that won the Camden and Islington Cup in 2005, and where he caught the attention of scouts fromBarnet who eventually signed the player to their academy. During his time at college he studied BTEC Sports, and he also joined an agency called Protec who offered Ajeti trials withReading,Watford andTottenham Hotspur.
He decided to join Tottenham full-time and signed a two-year contract in 2007, but after only a handful of games for the club's academy and joinedNorwich City under-18s on loan in 2007, before also being loaned out toLeyton Orient's under-18s. He also had loan spells at non league sidesLeatherhead,Staines Town andWare during his time at Tottenham, as well as going on trial withCheltenham Town in April 2009 after begin told he would not be offered another contract by Tottenham, before also going on trial withAldershot Town at the end of the 2008–09 season.
Ajeti joinedLeague Two sideCheltenham Town on a non contract basis in the summer of 2009 following his release from Tottenham, but he failed to make an appearance for the club during his short spell.[4][5]
By September 2019, he had retired.[6]