Elis Isufi (born 21 May 2000) is a Swiss

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who plays as a defender for

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Club career

Born in

Liestal Liestal (, Standard ), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, south of Basel. Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town. The official language of Li ...

, Vishi played his early football by local club FC Pratteln and moved to the youth section of

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in 2012. Since then he has passed through all of the club's the junior levels. In the 2018/2019 season he made a total of 19 appearances, scoring one goal and in the 2019/2020 season he made a total of 15 appearances, also scoring one goal, with the U21 team in the

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, the third tier of the

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. In

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's 2019–20 season Isufi made his professional debut with his club in the

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on 14 September 2019. Head coach

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let Isufi play next to

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as centre backs and they helped keep a clean sheet as Basel won 3–0 against

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. Isufi's following appearance was in a 1-0

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win over

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on 27 February 2020. After these two games and three further test matches, Isufi Aplayed his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 4 July 2020 as Basel won 2–0 against Xamax. On 15 June 2021, he joined

International career

Born in Switzerland, Isufi is of Kosovo-Albanian descent. He is a youth international for Switzerland.

References

External links

Elis Isufi at Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" homepage
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SFL Profile

SFV U16 Profile

SFV U17 Profile

SFV U18 Profile

SFV U19 Profile

SFV U20 Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Isufi, Elis 2000 births Living people People from Liestal Swiss men's footballers Switzerland youth international footballers Swiss people of Kosovan descent Swiss people of Albanian descent Association football defenders FC Basel players SC Kriens players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Sportspeople from Basel-Landschaft