Name	Valon Behrami
Height	6' 2
Naionality	Swiss
Date of Birth	April 19, 1985
Place of Birth	Kosovska Mitrovica,
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Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985 in Kosovska Mitrovica) is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia-born Switzerland Association football midfielder who plays for West Ham United F.C. in England.

Club career
As a young child Behrami moved to Stabio, a village in the Italian language-speaking part of Switzerland, where Valon Behrami obtained Valon Behrami Swiss nationality.

Behrami started out playing football with Swiss club sides FC Stabio, FC Chiasso and FC Lugano. After a number of impressive appearances with FC Lugano, Valon Behrami was jointly signed by Italian teams Genoa C.F.C. and Udinese Calcio in the 2003–04 season, and played for Genoa in the Serie B championship. In the 2004–05 season, Genoa bought out Udinese' rights to the player and loaned Valon Behrami out to Hellas Verona F.C., again in Serie B. After an impressive season with Hellas Verona, S.S. Lazio signed Valon Behrami in the summer of 2005.

Despite Valon Behrami clearance hitting Rodrigo Taddei head and ricocheting into Lazio's goal to concede Lazio's first goal of the match, Valon Behrami 92nd minute winning goal etched Behrami's name into Lazio's history books as they won the Derby della Capitale on 19 March 2008 and virtually finished the Scudetto hopes for rivals A.S. Roma.

On 23 July 2008, West Ham United announced the capture of Behrami from Lazio, with the player signing a five year contract for a fee of £5 million. Behrami made Valon Behrami debut for West Ham in the 2-1 home win over Wigan Athletic F.C. on
16 August 2008. Valon Behrami scored Valon Behrami first goal for West Ham in the 1-0 away win against Sunderland F.C. on 23 November 2008..

On 1 March 2009, during the home win over Man City, Valon Behrami suffered a serious leg injury that required oxygen to be administered on the field during a six minute break in play. Valon Behrami knee and ankle twisted badly when Valon Behrami studs caught in the turf resulting in a premature end to Valon Behrami 2008-09 season.

Valon Behrami also appeared as a studio guest on ITV when Valon Behrami was injured and West Ham were playing Hartlepool in the F.A Cup.

International career
Behrami has also been capped for the Switzerland national football team at the Under-18, Under-19 and "A" levels.

For the Swiss national team, Behrami scored a key goal against Turkey national football team in the Stade de Suisse in the 1st leg of their Football World Cup 2006 - European Qualification Playoffs.

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Valon Behrami endured a groin injury which put Valon Behrami on the sidelines for the first two group matches. In the third match against Korea Republic national football team, Valon Behrami was substituted late in the game in the 88th minute. Valon Behrami did not participate in the loss to Ukraine national football team in the last 16 knockout round of matches.

Behrami was in the starting eleven of Switzerland national football team for all three matches during the UEFA Euro 2008 playing a total of 272 minutes.