Valmir Berisha

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Valmir Berisha
Personal information
Full name Valmir Berisha
Date of birth (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Deçan, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Oțelul Galați
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2013 Halmstads BK
2014–2015 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Roma 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Panathinaikos (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 Cambuur 6 (0)
2017–2019 Aalesund 23 (0)
2018 → Fjölnir (loan) 18 (2)
2019–2020 Velež Mostar 20 (2)
2020–2021 Chindia Târgoviște 44 (4)
2021–2022 Sliema Wanderers 19 (2)
2022– Oțelul Galați 7 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Sweden U17 17 (13)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 12 (6)
2016 Sweden Olympic 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:00, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Valmir Berisha (born 6 June 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Oțelul Galați.

Club career

Roma

Having played for Halmstads BK as a youth, Berisha signed a 2.5-year contract with Roma in January 2014.[1]

Loan to Panathinaikos

He joined Panathinaikos on loan during the 2014–15 season. He made his Superleague debut on 3 May 2015 against PAE Kerkyra replacing Nikos Karelis after 80 minutes in a 1–1 draw.[2]

Cambuur

In July 2015, he again left Roma temporarily, moving to Dutch club SC Cambuur on loan for the 2015–16 with the option of a further season.[3]

Aalesund

After Cambuur, he moved to Aalesunds FK in 2017, but was loaned out to Fjölnir in 2018, where he stayed until his loan ended in January 2019.

Velež Mostar

On 19 February 2019, Berisha signed for First League FBiH club FK Velež Mostar on a 1-year contract with the possibility of an extension for one more year.[4] He made his debut for Velež on 16 March 2019, in a 2–0 home league win against NK Jedinstvo Bihać.[5]

He scored his first goal for Velež on 27 April 2019, in a 4–0 home league win against FK Rudar Kakanj.[6] On 25 May 2019, Berisha won the First League of FBiH with Velež after the club beat NK Bosna Visoko 0–2 away and got promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7] He scored his first Premier League goal for Velež on 20 July 2019, in a 1–3 home loss against FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[8] Berisha left Velež in January 2020.[9]

Chindia Târgoviște

On 23 January 2020, Berisha signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Chindia Târgoviște.[10]

Sliema Wanderers

Berisha moved to Sliema, Malta with Sliema Wanderers F.C. for season 2021-22.[11]

International career

Berisha was a member of the Swedish under-17 national team that finished third at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and finished as the top scorer in the competition with seven goals.[12][13] He represented the Sweden Olympic football team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[12]

Personal life

He was born in Kosovo to Kosovo Albanian parents before moving to Sweden at a young age.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 1 December 2019.[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Panathinaikos (loan) 2014–15 Superleague Greece 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cambuur 2015–16 Eredivisie 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Aalesund 2017 Eliteserien 23 0 2 0 0 0 25 0
Fjölnir 2018 Úrvalsdeild 18 2 2 2 0 0 20 4
Velež Mostar 2018–19 First League of FBiH 11 1 — — 11 1
2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 9 1 2 2 — 11 3
Total 20 2 2 2 — 22 4
Career total 67 4 7 4 0 0 74 8

Honours

Velež Mostar

Sweden U17

Individual

References

  1. ^ Matthew Scott (2 February 2014). "Valmir Berisha rejected Borussia Dortmund and Juventus to join Roma". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Kerkyra vs. Panathinaikos". Soccerway. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Transfert: La Roma prête encore Valmir Berisha". L'Équipe (in French). 4 July 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ A. Pašić (19 February 2019). "Berisha i zvanično u FK Velež!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Velež Mostar vs Jedinstvo Bihać". us.soccerway.com. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  6. ^ S. Mlaćo (27 April 2019). "Rođeni briljirali: Velež razbio Rudar!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. ^ K.H. (25 May 2019). "Velež se nakon tri godine vratio u Premijer ligu BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. ^ S. Mlaćo (20 July 2019). "Beganović nadmudrio Rahimića: Gorka dobrodošlica za FK Velež u Premijer ligu" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  9. ^ D.B. (20 January 2020). "Elmir Kuduzović i Valmir Berisha napustili Velež" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  10. ^ Mihaitalazarica (23 January 2020). "Bun venit, Diallo și Berisha!" (in Romanian). Chindia Târgoviște. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Gudja United stun Sliema Wanderers with second-half comeback for first win". 19 September 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Valmir Berisha - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ ""Mycket hype, när man blir skyttekung i VM"". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  14. ^ "Då: Ungdomsproffs i Roma • Nu: På Island • "Har ett fantastiskt liv utomlands"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  15. ^ Valmir Berisha at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

External links

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