Agim Shabani is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 of Albanian descent, currently playing for Moss.

Shabani was born in Kosovo and moved to Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 when he was 4 years old. Then his family moved to Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, before they settled down in Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

 in 1999.

Shabani is a local player from the club Trosvik in Fredrikstad, who have raised several Fredrikstad players, Tarik Elyounoussi

Tarik Elyounoussi

Tarik Elyounoussi is a Norwegian footballer playing for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Fredrikstad .-Career:...

 and Lasse Staw

Lasse Staw

Lasse Staw is a Norwegian footballer, playing for the Norwegian First Division side Fredrikstad.-Club career:...

 are some of the most notable ones. Shabani played his first official match for Fredrikstad in the 2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final

2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final

The 2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final took place at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on November 12. Fredrikstad were in their 18th final , while Sandefjord were in their first final ever and had the chance to win the first trophy in the club's history.- Match details :- External links :*...

, where Fredrikstad beat Sandefjord

Sandefjord Fotball

Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....

 3–0.

In the 2007 season, he managed to get three red cards in three different competitions in four days. His first sending-off came in a Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 match, then next day for Fredrikstad's reserve team

Reserve team

Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...

 in the Norwegian Second Division

Norwegian Second Division

The Norwegian Second Division is the third highest division of the Norwegian football league system. Since 2009, the official name of the league has been Fair Play-ligaen....

. Two days later, Fredrikstad played Nybergsund IL-Trysil in the Norwegian Cup

Norwegian football cup

The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

, and lost after Shabani was sent off.

He scored his first goal in the Norwegian Premier League 2009

Norwegian Premier League 2009

The 2009 Norwegian Premier League season is the sixty-fifth season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition, which is also named Tippeligaen for sponsorship reasons, began on 15 March and end on 1 November. Stabæk are the defending champions, having won their first ever League Championship...

, to send Fredrikstad in the lead in a match against Bodø/Glimt, which ended in a 1–1 draw.

 Norway

• Norwegian Cup
  Norwegian football cup
  The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...
  
  : 2006
  2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final
  The 2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final took place at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on November 12. Fredrikstad were in their 18th final , while Sandefjord were in their first final ever and had the chance to win the first trophy in the club's history.- Match details :- External links :*...
  
  

External links

• Profile at FredrikstadFK.no