Valmir Berisha (born 6 June 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Oțelul Galați.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valmir Berisha | ||
Date of birth | (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Deçan, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club 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) |
National team | |||
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) |
Having played for Halmstads BK as a youth, Berisha signed a 2.5-year contract with Roma in January 2014.[1]
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]
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]
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.
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]
On 23 January 2020, Berisha signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian club Chindia Târgoviște.[10]
Berisha moved to Sliema, Malta with Sliema Wanderers F.C. for season 2021-22.[11]
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]
He was born in Kosovo to Kosovo Albanian parents before moving to Sweden at a young age.[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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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 |
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FIFA U-17 World Cup awards | |
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Golden Ball | |
Golden Shoe | |
Golden Glove |
Sweden men's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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