International Career
Behrami has also been capped for the Swiss national team at the Under-18, Under-19 and "A" levels.
For the Swiss national team, Behrami scored a key goal against Turkey in the Stade de Suisse in the first leg of their World Cup 2006 qualifier playoff tie.
During the 2006 World Cup, he endured a groin injury which put him on the sidelines for the first two group matches. In the third match against South Korea, he was substituted late in the game in the 88th minute. He did not participate in the loss to Ukraine in the last 16 knockout round of matches.
Behrami was in the starting eleven of Switzerland for all three matches during the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship playing a total of 272 minutes.
On 21 June, in the 2010 World Cup, after appearing to elbow Chilean player Arturo Vidal, Behrami was sent off with a red card in the second Group H match against Chile and became the first Swiss player to be sent off in a World Cup match.
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