Amir Abrashi

He finished his first season with Grasshopper by making 33 appearances in all competitions, including 27 in league, scoring 4 goals, equaling his personal best set in the last season, as the team finished 7th in the championship, was eliminated in the quarter-final of Swiss Cup by Sion despite Abrashi's goal and was eliminated in the play-off round of Europa League.

Following the end of the loan, Abrashi's transfer was made permanent for a fee of €600,000.

Abrashi came on as a 67th-minute substitute for fellow Albanian Sehar Fejzulahi in the 1–0 away loss.

He made 2 more appearances off the bench for the senior side against FC Lugano and SR Delémont, respectively.

Amir Malush Abrashi (born 27 March 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Swiss club Grasshoppers.

Born in Switzerland, he represents the Albania national team.

Abrashi was born in Bischofszell, Switzerland, to Albanian parents from Gjakova, Kosovo who had emigrated in Switzerland before his birth.

He grew up in the Canton of Thurgau region and began his career in 2002 aged 12 with his hometown club, FC Bischofszell.

A year later, he moved to FC Weinfelden-Bürglen, where he spent two years before returning to his hometown club FC Bischofszell.

However, just a month after his return, aged 16 Abrashi moved to Winterthur along with his family, where he joined local side FC Winterthur, the club where he would remain for the remainder of his youth career.

Following impressive performances with the youth teams, Abrashi was first called up to the reserve side towards the end of the 2006–07 season, making his debut on 16 May 2007 in a goalless draw against GC Biaschesi, coming on in the 81st minute for Micha Iseli.

Ten days later he was in the starting formation for the 3–2 away win against FC Chur 97.

He finished his first season with the reserve team by scoring twice in 14 appearances.

The following season, he started in the youth team but was promoted permanently a few months into the season, and on 11 November 2007 he came on as a late substitute in a 4–3 loss against FC St. Gallen II.

He started the following game which was the 4–1 win against FC Herisau in which Abrashi scored his first competitive goal in the final moments.

He became a regular in the squad's starting line-up for the second half of the season, scoring he second of the campaign against Baden.

Abrashi played 16 matches and scored 2 goals in the 2007–08 season.

Abrashi's impressive performance in the reserve team caught the attention of the first team coach Mathias Walther, who included the 18-year-old in his squad for the Challenge League class against La Chaux-de-Fonds on 27 April 2008.

Abrashi had his breakthrough season during the 2008–09 campaign where he played 24 matches and scored once.

That goal came on 8 August 2008 in the 0–2 away win at La Chaux-de-Fonds.

He also retained his spot in the 2009–10 season, making 28 league appearances and scoring 3 goals as Winterthur finished 3rd in the championship, missing out the promotion play-off for only 3 points.

Abrashi made 55 league appearances and 3 cup appearances, scoring 5 goals before leaving for top flight side Grasshopper Club Zürich.

In July 2010, Abrashi was sent on a one-year loan at Grasshopper Club Zürich.

He was handed squad number 8, and made his competitive debut on 25 July as a substitute in the team's 2–0 away loss to FC Zürich.

This was also his first ever Swiss Super League appearance in his career.

Abrashi was also included in Ciriaco Sforza's team for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League campaign, making his debut on 19 August in the first leg of play-off round against Steaua București finished in a 1–0 away loss.

He also played in the returning leg as the regular and extra time finished 1–0 for Grasshopper, which lead the match to penalty shootouts where the team was defeated 4–3 despite Abrashi successfully scoring his attempt.

Abrashi scored his maiden Grasshopper goal on 17 October in the 0–12 hammering of Gumefens/Sorens in the Round 2 of Swiss Cup.

His first score-sheet contributions in league came on matchday 14 where he scored the opener in an eventual 2–0 home win against St. Gallen.

His second season in Grasshopper was marred by injuries as on 27 August 2011 in the league match against Luzern he suffered a Cruciate Ligament Rupture injury which kept him sidelined until February of the following year.

Abrashi's on field return occurred on 17 March as he played in the last minutes of a 2–0 home win over Young Boys for the Swiss Super League matchday 25.

He was able to make only 16 appearances during this season, 15 of them in league, collecting 1091 minutes.

Abrashi won his first silverware with Grasshopper in the 2012–13 season, as he contributed with 6 matches, including the final, as the team defeated Basel 4–3 on penalties after regular and extra time had ended 1–1 to win their 19th Swiss Cup in history.

It was also the club's first trophy in 10 years.

He scored his first league goal in almost two years on 19 August in the 0–2 away win over Luzern.

He finished his third season with the club by playing 33 matches between league and cup, scoring 3 times as the team finished runner-up in the championship, missing the title to Basel for only 3 points.

Grasshoper's second place in the championship league meant that they have qualified in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Abrashi scored his first and only goal of the season on 14 September in the 2013–14 Swiss Cup Round 2 against Stade Nyonnais; he netted the goal in the 121st minute to give Grasshoper a 4–1 win and progression to the next round.

Abrashi made his UEFA Champions League debut on 30 July 2014 in the first leg against Lyon which finished in a 1–0 away loss.

The team were also defeated in the second leg and were reduced in the UEFA Europa League play-off round where they faced Fiorentina.