Dion Kacuri

Dion Kacuri
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004
Place of birth Baden, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Austria Lustenau
(on loan from Basel)
Number 8
Youth career
2013–2017 SC YF Juventus
2017–2020 Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Grasshoppers U21 26 (7)
2021–2024 Grasshoppers 28 (1)
2024– Basel 18 (0)
2024–2025 → Yverdon-Sport (loan) 16 (0)
2024– Basel U21 9 (3)
2026– → Austria Lustenau (loan) 2 (1)
International career‡
2022 Switzerland U18 3 (1)
2022 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
2024 Switzerland U20 5 (1)
2023– Switzerland U21 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026

Dion Kacuri (born 11 February 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Football Bundesliga club Austria Lustenau, on loan from Swiss Super League club Basel.

Club career

Kacuri made his professional debut for Grasshopper in a 3–1 Swiss Super League win over Sion on 31 October 2021.[1] He signed a professional contract with Grasshopper on 12 January 2022, keeping him at the club until 2025.[2] On 4 September 2022, he was nominated in the starting lineup for the first time and also shot his first goal in an official match, the opening goal in a 3–0 victory over Winterthur.[3]

On 7 February 2024, Kacuri signed a contract with Basel until the summer of 2028.[4][5] In his first half season in Basel, he made twelve appearances and even started in four. In his first ever start, he supplied the assist for the final score of 2–0 against Yverdon-Sport.

On 12 July 2024, he was loaned to Yverdon-Sport for the season.[6]

In July 2026, Kacuri moved on loan to Austria Lustenau in the Austrian Bundesliga, with an option to buy.[7]

International career

Born in Switzerland, Kacuri is of Kosovan descent.[8] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played up to the Switzerland U21s.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.
  2. ↑ Zürich, Grasshopper Club. "GC VERLÄNGERT MIT KACURI UND UKA". www.gcz.ch.
  3. ↑ "GC - WIN (04.09.2022)". www.gcz.ch. Grasshopper Club Zürich. 4 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "DER FCB VERPFLICHTET DION KACURI" [FCB SIGNS DION KACURI] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Dion Kacuri leaves GC Zurich to join FC Basel 1893". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Dion Kacuri wechselt leihweise zu Yverdon Sport" [Dion Kacuri transfers on loan to Yverdon Sport] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "DIE AUSTRIA LEIHT DION KACURI MIT KAUFOPTION VOM FC BASEL AUS" [Austria have signed Dion Kacuri on loan from FC Basel with an option to buy.] (in German). SC Austria Lustenau. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Dion Kacuri, futbollisti me origjinë nga Kosova që nënshkruan kontratën e parë profesionale në Zvicër". 12 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "NATIONAL GAMES | DEBUTS FOR TIM MEYER AND DION KACURI". www.gcz.ch.
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