Ardian Gashi

Ardian Gashi (born June 20, 1981) is a Norwegian midfield football player. His current club is V?lerenga.

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Gashi was born in Kosovo, but his family moved to Norway as refugees when Gashi was eight years old. Gashi is now a Norwegian citizen, and has played for the Norwegian national team.

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Gashi started his career in his local amateur team KIL/Hemne. After short stays in Molde and ?rn Horten he went to Oslo to play for V?lerenga on loan in 2003, and later permanently.

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Gashi was an important player in V?lerenga's surprisingly good 2004 season, when the club finished as runners-up in the Norwegian Premier League.

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In the 2205 season Gashi missed a number of games in August, due to having to serve a prison sentence for breaking the speed limits while driving. He was sentenced to 18 days in prison, but was released after 14, for good behavior, and thus managed to play in V?lerenga's 1-0 loss(Later also loss in penalty shootout) against Club Br?gge in the last round of the UEFA Champions League qualification.

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