Leart Paqarada
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leart Shukri Paqarada | ||
Date of birth | 8 October 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Bremen, Germany | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St. Pauli | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2003 | Werder Bremen | ||
2003–2013 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 30 | (1) |
2014–2020 | Sandhausen | 151 | (5) |
2020– | St. Pauli | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Germany U16 | 7 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Germany U17 | 7 | (0) |
2013 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
2014– | Kosovo | 19 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2020 |
Leart Shukri Paqarada (born 8 October 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for St. Pauli and the Kosovo national team. He previously played for Albania national under-21 football team and Germany U17 team.
Early life
Born in Bremen, Germany, Paqarada is the son of Shukri Paqarada, a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Prishtina. His family is originally from Pačarađa, Serbia.[1]
Club career
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Paqarada started his career with SV Werder Bremen youths in 1998 until 2003, then he joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen where he played in all youth teams of the club until 2013, and was promoted in second team: Bayer 04 Leverkusen II. In 2014, he was transferred in SV Sandhausen. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 10 August 2014 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He played the full game in a 1–1 draw.[2]
St. Pauli
In August 2020, Paqarada joined 2. Bundesliga rivals FC St. Pauli on a free transfer.[3]
International career
Germany
Under-16
On 16 August 2009, Paqarada made his debut with Germany U16 in a friendly match against Austria U16 after being named in the starting line-up.[4]
Under-17
On 4 September 2010, Paqarada made his debut with Germany U17 in a friendly match against Azerbaijan U17 after being named in the starting line-up.[5]
Albania
Under-21
On 6 February 2013, Paqarada made his debut with Albania U21 in a friendly match against Macedonia U21 after being named in the starting line-up.[citation needed]
Kosovo
On 4 September 2014, Paqarada received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Oman[6] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up and from that day, he is regularly playing for Kosovo.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 31 July 2020[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bayer Leverkusen II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
Total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
Sandhausen | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | ||||
2018–19 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||||
2019–20 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
Total | 151 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 5 | ||
Career total | 181 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 6 |
International
- As of 31 July 2020[8]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Kosovo | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
2015 | 2 | 0 | |
2016 | 4 | 0 | |
2017 | 4 | 0 | |
2018 | 3 | 1 | |
2019 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first.[9]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 27 March 2018 | Stade Municipal Jean Rolland, Franconville, France | Burkina Faso | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [10] |
References
- ^ "Shpërngulja e shqiptarëve prej Sanxhakut më 1878-1912". Bujanoci (in Albanian). 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
Albanian villages in Serbia, in which is also Paqarada family origin, which you can see in his surname Paqarada and his village Pačarađa
- ^ "Sandhausen vs. Kaiserslautern 1 – 1". Soccerway. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Zwei auf einen Schlag: St. Pauli verpflichtet Paqarada und Smarsch". kicker (in German). 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "U 16-Junioren: Leart Paqarada" [U 16-juniors: Leart Paqarada] (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "U 17-Junioren: Leart Paqarada" [U 17-juniors: Leart Paqarada] (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Kosova, Bunjaki shpall listën anti-Oman". Albeu. 4 September 2014.
- ^ "Leart Paqarada". Soccerway.
- ^ "Leart Paqarada - national football team player". EU-Football.info.
- ^ "Paqarada, Leart". National Football Teams.
- ^ "Kosovo (2–0) Burkina Faso". eu-football.info. 27 March 2018.
External links
- Leart Paqarada at Soccerway
- Leart Paqarada at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bremen
- Footballers from Bremen (state)
- German people of Kosovan descent
- German people of Albanian descent
- Association football fullbacks
- Kosovan footballers
- Kosovo international footballers
- Albanian footballers
- Albania youth international footballers
- German footballers
- Germany youth international footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players
- SV Sandhausen players
- FC St. Pauli players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Kosovan football biography stubs