Orhan Ademi

Orhan Ademi — Biography

Orhan Ademi is a Swiss-raised center-forward who has played for clubs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Romania. The turning point of his career was helping Eintracht Braunschweig to promotion to the Bundesliga in 2012-13; most recently he played for Regionalliga West side 1. FC Bocholt.

The son of a Macedonian Albanian family, Ademi grew up in the canton of St. Gallen. After playing as a teenager at Au-Berneck he moved to SCR Altach, where he spent the first part of his senior career in Austria from 2008 to 2012. In 2012 he transferred to 2. Bundesliga side Braunschweig; the team won promotion to the Bundesliga in his first season, and on October 19, 2013, he scored his first Bundesliga goal against Schalke 04. In early 2015 he was loaned to VfR Aalen for six months, and on August 31, 2016, he joined SV Ried. Later he won the 2018-19 Bavarian Cup with Würzburger Kickers, moved to MSV Duisburg in September 2020 and to UTA Arad in Romania in July 2022. In February 2023 he joined 3. Liga club VfB Oldenburg, and that October 1. FC Bocholt. FC Aarau is also among the clubs he has played for.

In October 2012 Ademi received his first call-up to the Switzerland under-21 team; he was in the squad for the two play-off matches against Germany but did not play.