The 26-year-old may have to content himself with a role off the bench so far this season with Francis Jeffers, Ryan Griffiths, Jeremy Brockie and Michael Bridges all in the starting XI mix - but you won’t hear him bitching.

“This is the club that gave me a name, they gave me a chance to prove myself in the beginning and I’d do anything for the club,” Haliti told au.fourfourtwo.com.

“Any time I put the [Jets] shirt on; I play for the community and the shirt. I love the club.

“But in saying that, every player should love playing football because it’s a bonus. It’s a privilege.”

The perspective comes from a frightening past.

Like team-mate and Iraqi international Ali Abbas, Haliti has faced the dark side of live having lived in a war-zone, seeing first-hand the horror of ethnic cleansing as a Kosovo Albanian.

In Haliti’s case, with his family in tow, the teenager fled for fear of being another statistic.

It has given him a wonderful outlook on life and football. But that’s all in the past, he said.

Very much settled in Australia he is however eligible to play for Albania, just like compatriot and A-League goal-scoring machine Besart Berisha.

“We know each other and what he’s doing [at Brisbane Roar]. He’s a great player and you don’t play for the clubs he’s played for if you’re not at least half decent," said Haliti. 

“I’ve got a lot of respect for him. He had a pretty good idea what Australia was all about. I spoke to him after we played Brisbane and I think he’s enjoying it.

“You can see he’s performed so far.”

The future, Haliti said, is bright in sunny Newcastle under new coach Gary Van Egmond and new club management.

The foundation Jets player, who's scored 12 times in over 80 appearances across two spells with the club, signed a two-year deal in 2009 after a period overseas with Teuta Durres in Albania, Poland’s Lodz and Slaven Belupo of Croatia.

“This is home for me, so you can’t compare it," he said.

"Home is home… you never know but I take each day and each game as it comes and appreciate every moment and the rest will take care of itself."

And he likes the fact that there’s a roster of talented strikers in the blue and red this season as Newcastle target success.

 “It’s all good. Everyone’s buzzing but it takes time, of course. It doesn’t come quick,” he said.

With such an even competition, the Jets should feel confident they can reach the finals with this weekend’s clash against Melbourne Victory another tough test.

He added: “It’s always good for the club to have competition for spots. And that’s what every coach wants and it’s good for the club towards the future.

“Competition’s healthy, so it’s all good. I’m just very lucky and happy to be part of it.”

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