Arlind Afrim Ajeti (born 25 September 1993) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss club Grasshoppers and the Albania national team. He holds dual Albanian and Swiss nationality.
Ajeti was born in Basel, Switzerland from Albanian parents originally from Podujevo, Kosovo who had emigrated to Switzerland as did many Kosovans in the 1990s. Arlind was the first child of Afrim and Sylbije Ajeti. He is the older brother of twins also footballers, Albian who plays for Basel and the Switzerland national under-21 team and Adonis who plays for St. Gallen. In July 2015 the whole family became Albanian citizens. His father Afrim was also a footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Ajeti's father Afrim was an inspiration for Arlind to start the football, where initially at age of 8 Arlind started playing each day with his father before beginning to play youth football with FC Concordia Basel at age of 10. In 2004 he became a player of Basel, representing the under-16, under-18 and under-21 teams. With the under-21 team he played from the 2010–11 season until the 2014–15 in the 1. Liga Promotion, collecting overall 67 appearances in which he scored 4 goals.