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Leart Paqarada
Paqarada with SV Sandhausen in 2017
Personal information
Full name Leart Shukri Paqarada
Date of birth (1994-10-08) 8 October 1994 (age 30)
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

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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.
1. 27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) Stade Municipal Jean Rolland, Franconville, France  Burkina Faso 2–0 2–0 Friendly [10]

References

  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "Sandhausen vs. Kaiserslautern 1 – 1". Soccerway. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Zwei auf einen Schlag: St. Pauli verpflichtet Paqarada und Smarsch". kicker (in German). 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ "U 16-Junioren: Leart Paqarada" [U 16-juniors: Leart Paqarada] (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ^ "U 17-Junioren: Leart Paqarada" [U 17-juniors: Leart Paqarada] (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Kosova, Bunjaki shpall listën anti-Oman". Albeu. 4 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Leart Paqarada". Soccerway.
  8. ^ "Leart Paqarada - national football team player". EU-Football.info.
  9. ^ "Paqarada, Leart". National Football Teams.
  10. ^ "Kosovo (2–0) Burkina Faso". eu-football.info. 27 March 2018.