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DeutschAjet Shehu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 December 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Rahovec, Kosovo | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | Barnet | ||
| 2007–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 2007 | → Norwich City (loan) | ||
| 2008 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Norwich City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Leatherhead (loan) | ||
| 2008–2009 | → Staines Town (loan) | ||
| 2009 | → Ware (loan) | ||
| 2009 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Ware | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Wingate & Finchley | ||
| 2011 | Gramozi Ersekë | 11 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Codicote | ? | (?) |
| 2013 | Harrow Borough | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Codicote | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ware | 21 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ajet Shehu (born 31 December 1990) is an English retired footballer who played as a centre-back.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Shehu was born in Rahovec, modern day Kosovo, but moved to England with his family as a child to escape the conflicts in the Balkans, settling in West London. He attended Islington Arts and Media School, where he was part of the school team that won the Camden and Islington Cup in 2005, and where he caught the attention of scouts from Barnet who eventually signed the player to their academy. During his time at college he studied BTEC Sports, and he also joined an agency called Protec who offered Ajeti trials with Reading, Watford and Tottenham Hotspur.
He decided to join Tottenham full-time and signed a two-year contract in 2007, but after only a handful of games for the club's academy and joined Norwich City under-18s on loan in 2007, before also being loaned out to Leyton Orient's under-18s. He also had loan spells at non league sides Leatherhead, Staines Town and Ware during his time at Tottenham, as well as going on trial with Cheltenham Town in April 2009 after begin told he would not be offered another contract by Tottenham, before also going on trial with Aldershot Town at the end of the 2008–09 season.
Post Tottenham
[edit]Ajeti joined League Two side Cheltenham Town on a non contract basis in the summer of 2009 following his release from Tottenham, but he failed to make an appearance for the club during his short spell.[4][5]
By September 2019, he had retired.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Allen keen on defensive duo[permanent dead link]
- ^ Soccerway profile
- ^ "FSHF profile". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ Darlington v Cheltenham preview
- ^ Willock signing is not the last, says Harrow Borough FC boss
- ^ Palmer, Jon (27 September 2019). ""Some players were scared of Martin Allen, but I wasn't intimidated" former Tottenham youngster on his Cheltenham Town experience". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 12 October 2022.