Agim Shabani (born 14 February 1988) is a retired

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football defender of Albanian descent. Shabani moved to Sweden when he was four years old. Then his family moved to

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, before they settled down in

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in 1999. Shabani is a local player from the club Trosvik in Fredrikstad, who have raised several Fredrikstad players, Tarik Elyounoussi and Lasse Staw are some of the most notable ones. Shabani played his first official match for Fredrikstad in the 2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final, where Fredrikstad beat

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3–0. In the 2007 season, he managed to get three red cards in three different competitions in four days. His first sending-off came in a

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match, then next day for Fredrikstad's

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in the

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. Two days later, Fredrikstad played

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in the

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, and lost after Shabani was sent off. He scored his first goal in the

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, to send Fredrikstad in the lead in a match against Bodø/Glimt, which ended in a 1–1 draw. He played two seasons for

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before joining

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ahead of the 2013 season.

Honors

: 2006

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shabani, Agim 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Fredrikstad Kosovan emigrants to Norway Norwegian footballers Fredrikstad FK players Eliteserien players Moss FK players Kvik Halden FK players Association football defenders