Leonardo Maloku

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Leonardo Maloku
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Turris Calcio Pescara
Youth career
0000–2017 Pescara
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Pescara 0 (0)
2017–2018Santarcangelo (loan) 17 (0)
2018–2019Fano (loan) 1 (0)
2019Fermana (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 San Roque 11 (0)
2021 Rosetana
2021–2023 2000 Calcio Montesilvano
2023– Turris Calcio Pescara
International career
2014 Albania U17 3 (0)
2016 Albania U19 3 (0)
2017 Albania U20 1 (0)
2017–2019 Albania U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Leonardo Maloku (born 18 May 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Spanish club San Roque and the Albania national under-21 team.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Pescara

He signed his first professional contrat with Pescara on 29 July 2016 for 5 years valid until 2021. [1] He was gathered for the first time with the first team in the pre-season preparatory stage and was activated in all 3 friendly games mading impressive performances convincing coach Massimo Oddo and the club to sign with him the professional contract. [2]

Loan to Santarcangelo

He made his debut on 27 August 2017 against Pordenone in the 2017–18 Serie C Group B (North & Central East) opening season, playing the full 90-minutes under coach Giuseppe Angelini in a 0–1 loss with a 90'+4 minute goal. [3]

Loan to Fermana

On 31 January 2019, he joined Fermana on loan. [4]

San Roque

On 4 August 2019, he signed with Spanish club San Roque. [5]

International career

He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by same coach of the under-21 team Alban Bushi for the friendly match against Georgia U20 on 14 November 2017. [6] He debuted for under-20 team against Georgia by playing as a starter until 55th minute when he was substituted off for Amer Duka with score at 1–0 and the entire match finished in an eventual 3–0 loss. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2017 [8]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe [a] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pescara 2015–16 Serie B 0000
2016–17 000000
Total000000
Santarcangelo 2017–18 Serie C 11010120
Career total11010120
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

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References

  1. Primo contratto per Leo Maloku PESCARA Sport 24
  2. Bregasi, Rinald (29 July 2016). "Tjetër lojtar shqiptar te Pescara" (in Albanian). SuperSport Albania . Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. "Santarcangelo vs. Pordenone - 27 August 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. "SCAMBIO FERMANA-FANO: AI SALUTI CLEMENTE, ARRIVA MALOKU" (in Italian). Fermana. 31 January 2019.
  5. "Nuevo fichaje Leonardo Maloku" (Press release) (in Spanish). San Roque. 4 August 2019.
  6. "U-21, Bushi ne konference per shtyp" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. "U-20, humbet ndeshjen miqësore në Gjeorgji" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. Leonardo Maloku at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Albania U19 captain
2011–2016
Succeeded by