Valon Berisha
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.
.jpg.webp) Berisha with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Valon Berisha | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1993 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | LASK | |||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2009 | Egersund | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Egersund | 31 | (11) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Viking | 56 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Red Bull Salzburg | 167 | (31) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Lazio | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Reims | 37 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Reims B | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | LASK | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Norway U15 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Norway U16 | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Norway U17 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Norway U18 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Norway U19 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Norway U21 | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Norway U23 | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Norway | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016– | Kosovo | 40 | (4) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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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
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Viking | 2010 | Tippeligaen | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2012 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 64 | 6 | |||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | |
| 2013–14 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 8 | ||
| 2014–15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 8 | ||
| 2017–18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 45 | 13 | ||
| Total | 167 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 45 | 8 | 233 | 45 | ||
| Lazio | 2018–19 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Reims | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 284 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 56 | 9 | 373 | 52 | ||
International
- As of match played 12 September 2023[4]
| 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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2016 | Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland |  Finland |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | [6] |
| 2. | 10 September 2019 | St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England |  England |
1–0 | 3–5 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | [7] |
| 3. | 2–5 | ||||||
| 4. | 2 June 2022 | AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Cyprus |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C | [8] |
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Austrian Cup: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
Lazio
- Coppa Italia: 2018–19
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2019
Melbourne City
- A-League Men Premiership: 2022–23[9]
Individual
- Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2017–18
- Austrian Bundesliga top assist provider: 2016–17
- Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18
References
- "- Nyland bedre enn de Gea i EM". 20 June 2013.
- "V. Berisha". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- "Valon Berisha » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- "Valon Berisha". EU-Football.info.
- Valon Berisha at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Kosovë brilante, debuton me barazim në kualifikimet e Botërorit 2018" [Brilliant Kosovo, debuts with a draw in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 5 September 2016.
- "Anglia ndal serinë e shkëlqyeshme të Dardanëve" [England stopped the excellent Dardanian series] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 10 September 2019.
- "Kosova e nis me fitore edicionin e ri në Ligën e Kombeve" [Kosovo starts the new edition of the Nations League with a victory] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2 June 2022.
- Melbourne City vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (Television production). Australia: Paramount+. 28 April 2023. Event occurs at 2:26:30. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2023.