Dion Kacuri

Dion Kacuri (born 11 February 2004) is a Swiss Kosovan 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. He signed a professional contract with Grasshopper on 12 January 2022, keeping him at the club until 2025. 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.

On 7 February 2024, Kacuri signed a contract with Basel until the summer of 2028. 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.

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

International career Switzerland From 2022, Kacuri has been part of Switzerland at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U18 U19 U20 and U21 teams and he with these teams played 3 matches with U18 and scored one goals. with U19 played 2 matches with U20 played 5 matches and scored one goals. and played 8 matches with U21 and scored one goals. He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played up to the Switzerland U21s.

Kosovo On 28 August 2026, in an interview with the Austrian television channel Skysport.at, Kacuri said that it would be a dream to represent Kosovo, while also revealing that he hasn’t been contacted yet. Interestingly, assistant coach Robert Ibertsberger from Kosovo was in attendance at his match recently.

Personal life Born in Switzerland, to Kosovan parents He holds dual Swiss and Kosovar citizenship.