Dardan Berisha

Dardan Berisha

Berisha in 2010
No. 11–Sigal Prishtina
Position	Shooting guard
League	Kosovo Superleague Liga Unike
Personal information
Born	(1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 35) Peja, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Kosovan / Polish
Listed height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2007	Peja
2007	Cáceres
2007–2008	Trujillo
2008–2010	Polonia Warszawa
2010–2012	Anwil Włocławek
2012–2013	Peja
2013–2015	Prishtina
2015	Cibona
2015–2016	Prishtina
2016–2017	Kutno
2017	Juvecaserta
2017	Prishtina
2017–2018	ČEZ Nymburk
2018–2019	Prishtina
2019–2022	Peja
2022–present	Prishtina
Career highlights and awards
Liga Unike champion (2022) 3× Balkan League champion (2015, 2016, 2024) 4× Kosovo Superleague champion (2004, 2013–2015) 2× Kosovo Cup winner (2014, 2020) Balkan League MVP (2015) 3× Kosovo Superleague MVP (2013–2015) PLK Rookie of the Year (2010)

Dardan Berisha (born 15 November 1988) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Prishtina. He became a naturalised Polish citizen and has since represented Poland in international basketball due to Kosovo not having FIBA status until 2015. ^{[1] [2]}

Dardan Berisha considered one of the best players of all time in Kosovo. He won the Kosovo Superleague 4- Times 2- Times with KB Peja and 2- Times With KB Prishtina. He also won Balkan League for the first time for Kosovan Team and also won BIBL MVP for the 2014–15 season. ^{[3] [4]} In June 2015, he signed a three-year deal with Croatian club Cibona Zagreb. ^[5] In October 2015, he left Cibona and returned to KB Prishtina. ^[6]

Dardan Berisha has played in Eurobasket 2011 with Poland national basketball team where he was one of the best players of Poland in this EuroBasket. In EuroBasket 2011 Dardan Berisha averaged with 13.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

Professional career

Berisha was born in Peja, Kosovo. He started his career in Kosovo in 2001 with KB Peja team. He played abroad in Spain, Poland and Croatia. In 2007–2010, he was the player of Polonia Warszawa, which was promoted and then dropped from the Polish Premier League. On 18 May 2010 he signed a three-year contract with Anwil Wloclawek. In 2012 he returned in Kosovo, signed a contract with KB Peja. Where in this year Berisha won the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and was chosen MVP of the league. From 2013 to 2015 he played in Kosovo with Sigal Prishtina. Where in 2015 Berisha won the Super League of Kosovo and the Balkan League. In June 2015, he was transferred in Croatia in KK Cibona. But Dardan Berisha left Cibona Zagreb to return to Sigal Prishtina. Berisha had played a few games with Cibona averaging 8.8 points per contest. On 18 February 2017, Berisha signed with the Italian team Juvecaserta Basket. ^[7]

International career

On 2 August 2010 he made his debut in the Polish national team in the match against Georgia. He played in EuroBasket 2011 in the Polish national team, where he was one of the best players that averaged 13.2 points in five games. He decided to represent Kosovo when FIBA finally recognized them in 2015. In 2016 he represented Kosovo on FIBA EuroBasket 2017 qualification tournament.

References

1. EuroBasket 2011 profile Archived 17 July 2015 at archive.today
2. Real GM profile
3. Dardan Berisha is the MVP of EUROHOLD Balkan League
4. Berisha, për të dytën herë radhazi MVP
5. "Cibona signed a 3-year deal with Berisha". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
6. Dardan Berisha leaves Cibona Zagreb to return to Sigal Prishtina
7. "Juvecaserta lands Dardan Berisha". 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

External links

• Dardan Berisha at eurobasket.com
• Dardan Berisha at fiba.com