Kemal Ademi (born 23 January 1996) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for Croatian club

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Club career

Neuchâtel Xamax

On 5 July 2018, Ademi signed his first professional contract with

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side

Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has ap ...

after agreeing to a one-year deal with the option of continuation for another year. After a month, he made his debut as professional footballer in a 3–0 away defeat against Sion after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Tunahan Cicek.

Basel

On 15 June 2019, Ademi signed a four-year contract with

club

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. Ademi joined Basel's first team for their 2019–20 season under head coach

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. One month later, after playing in three test games, he was named as a Basel substitute for the first time in a league match against Sion but did not play. He played his debut with in the team four days later in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round against the Dutch side

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in the

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on 23 July 2019. He came on as a substitute in the 89th minute, replacing

Albian Ajeti Albian Afrim Ajeti (born 26 February 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Basel. He has previously played for FC Basel (two spells), FC Augsburg, St. Gallen, West Ham United, Celtic, Stur ...

. Four days after debut, on 27 July, he scored his first goal for his new club in the home game in the

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. But this could not help the team, as Basel were defeated 1–2 by St. Gallen. Ademi left the club during the transfer window of the next season. During his short period with the club, Ademi played a total of 52 games for Basel scoring a total of 16 goals. 26 of these games were in the

, five in the

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, three in the Champions League, ten in the Europa League and eight were friendly games. He scored 13 goals in the domestic league, one in the Swiss Cup and the afore mentioned goal in the Champions League. The other were scored during the test games.

Fenerbahçe

On 5 October 2020, Ademi signed a three-year contract with

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club Fenerbahçe and received squad number 99. Thirteen days later, he was named as a Fenerbahçe substitute for the first time in a league match against Göztepe. His debut with Fenerbahçe came seven days later in a 3–1 home win against

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after coming on as a substitute at 88th minute in place of

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. One month after debut, Ademi scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe in his fourth appearance for the club in a 4–0 home win over

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Loan at Fatih Karagümrük

On 1 February 2021, Ademi was loaned to

side

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until the end of the season. Two days later, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

Khimki

On 10 August 2021, Ademi signed a three-year contract with

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club

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and received squad number 9. Six days later, he made his debut in a 3–0 away defeat against

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after coming on as a substitute at 83rd minute in place of

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. On 16 August 2022, Ademi moved to

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in Germany for the 2022–23 season.

Luzern

On 30 June 2023, Ademi returned to Switzerland and signed a two-year contract with

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. On 1 July 2024, his contract with Luzern was terminated by mutual consent after just one season. In 20 games for Luzern, he scored just two goals, two of which he scored in Conference League qualifying, and supplied one assist.

International career

Ademi was born in

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, Germany and raised in

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, Switzerland to Kosovan parents from

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. He was eligible for

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and

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internationally, as well as

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, his birthplace. On 25 June 2020, the

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announced that

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accepted Ademi's request to play for Switzerland after staying in the country for almost fourteen years.

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