Now a Swiss star, but this was the hard life of Valon Behram many years ago

After 13 years who would have thought that. I'm very happy for Vallon's career and personality. He has done this only with effort and great sacrifice”, Ragip Behrami concluded.

Valon Behram shone against Brazil and Neymar, but his life has not been easy.

So has his father, Ragip, confessed in an interview with Blick, records albinfo.ch.

We had lots of photos, but they were burned. The bombs had fallen on our house”, Ragip said. The Behram family left Kosovo, when Vallon was only 4 years old. They took refuge in the southern community of Ticino Stabio.

I got money from the community for three months. But that was a shame to me. I wanted to work”. In Mitrovica, Valon's father worked as a sales manager in a plastic factory before the war, while his wife worked as a secretary in the same company.

“Valon was a good student. He didn't stay a minute down. He always wanted to go up and down. But he was a good, intelligent student. In 1998 we had to leave Switzerland”, and Ragip has added further.

But in 2000 they had to return to Kosovo because the war was over. I tried not to leave Vallon. We could not return to Kosovo. We were thinking of moving to Germany or Sweden. Suddenly he helped us, Alex Pedraxini from the Council of State in Ticino, since his son played with Vallon at his age. After many trials, we were allowed to stay”, Behrram's father relates.

Ragip then added that Valloni was very professional and worked hard, and there was no time to go out at night.

Behrram then had a bright career playing in Verona, West Ham United, Lazio, Hamburg, Watford and Udinese.

He also gathered Switzerland and has 80 international matches. He's the only football player in Switzerland who's played in four World Championships. 13 years ago who would have thought that. I'm very happy for Vallon's career and personality. He has done this only with effort and great sacrifice”, Ragip Behrami concluded.