Valon Berisha (born 7 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK and the Kosovo national team.
Career
Berisha was born in Stockholm. His family is of Albanian origin. They moved from Kosovo to Sweden before he was born. His younger brother Veton also plays professional football for Viking Stavanger in Norway. He started football at the local club Egersunds IK. On 20 June 2008, when he was 15 years old, he played his first senior match for EIK against Staal Jørpeland IL in the Norwegian Third Division. His good performance attracted the interest of Viking Stavanger, a top club of Norway. He signed with them in March 2009. In July 2012 Berisha went on to Red Bull Salzburg together with his fellow Norwegian Håvard Nielsen. Unlike Nielsen he was soon part of the starting team of Salzburg.
International career
Valon Berisha was part of every youth national team in Norway. For the Under-17, U-19 and U-21 teams he played 29 games and scored 3 goals. With the U-21 he played in the European Under-21 Championship 2013 in Israel and reached the semifinal. His first match in the senior team was on January 15, 2011. It was a friendly match against Denmark League XI (unofficial national football team run by the Danish Football Association).
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 April 2022[2][3]
International
- As of match played 12 September 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
| National team |
Year |
Apps |
Goals
|
| Norway
|
2012 |
8 |
0
|
| 2013 |
3 |
0
|
| 2014 |
2 |
0
|
| 2015 |
3 |
0
|
| 2016 |
4 |
0
|
| Total |
20 |
0
|
| Kosovo
|
2016 |
4 |
1
|
| 2017 |
6 |
0
|
| 2018 |
4 |
0
|
| 2019 |
6 |
2
|
| 2020 |
6 |
0
|
| 2021 |
5 |
0
|
| 2022 |
5 |
1
|
| 2023 |
4 |
0
|
| Total |
40 |
4
|
International goals
- As of match played 2 June 2022[5]
- Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berisha goal.
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
Lazio
Melbourne City
Individual
References
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