Valon Behrami

Swiss footballer

Key facts

2019: Sion
2022: Brescia
Full name: Valon Behrami
Date of birth: ( 1985-04-19 ) 19 April 1985 (age 41)
Place of birth: Titova Mitrovica , Yugoslavia
Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position: Midfielder
1993 1997: Stabio
1997 2000: Chiasso
2000 2002: Lugano
Years: Team
2002 2003: Lugano
2003 2005: Genoa
2004 2005: → Hellas Verona (loan)
2005 2008: Lazio
2008 2011: West Ham United
2011 2012: Fiorentina
2012 2014: Napoli

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Switzerland
Place of birth: Mitrovica
Spouse: Lara Gut-Behrami
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: Italian
Religion: Islam
Participant in: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Sport: association football
Member of team: Brescia Calcio
Position played: midfielder
League: Premier League
Country for sport: Switzerland
Mass: 78
Image: Valon Behrami 12072025 (3).jpg
Height: 184
Number of children: 2

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start of work period: 2002-00-00
Commons category: Valon Behrami
date of birth: 1985-04-19
sport number: 30
social media followers: 291117
competition won: 2013–14 Coppa Italia

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Encyclopedic overview

Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Despite starting his professional football career in Switzerland with FC Lugano, Behrami played mostly in Italy, though also played for two football clubs in England and one in Germany. In 2025 he was appointed as assistant to the Sporting Director at Watford FC.

Behrami was capped 83 times at international level by the Switzerland national team, playing at four FIFA World Cups, UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2016 from his debut in 2005 to his international retirement in 2018.

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