Visar Berisha

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Visar Berisha
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Suva Reka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Drenica
Youth career
0000–2006 Liria Prizren
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010 Prishtina
2009 → Winterthur (loan) 9 (1)
2009–2010 → Schaffhausen (loan) 21 (1)
2010–2011 Schaffhausen 15 (0)
2013–2015 Ballkani
2015–2017 Liria 12 (0)
2017–2018 Drenica 15 (2)
2018–2022 Ballkani 74 (5)
2022–2023 Liria
2023– Drenica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2022

Visar Berisha (born 7 December 1986) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Kosovo First League club Drenica.

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International career

Albania

Berisha was expected to be called up by the Albania national team after his good performances with Schaffhausen, but due to the rupture of the ligaments of his right knee, he lost the chance to be called up from Albania, but also to be transferred to Swiss club Grasshoppers. [1]

Kosovo

On 22 January 2018, Berisha received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Azerbaijan. [2] However, the match was cancelled and therefore he was unable to make his debut. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ ""Lëndimi në gju me humbi mundësinë e artë" rrëfim i dhimbshëm i Visar Berishës" ["Injury to the knee lost my golden opportunity" Visar Berisha's painful story]. Gazeta Sheshi (in Albanian). 22 April 2020. Paraqitjet e mira me Schaffhausen, më solli para vetes interesimin e shumë menaxherëve, ku ëndrra ishte afër. Kalimi në Grasshopper dhe ftesa nga kombëtarja shqiptare, e gjithë kjo falë formës fenomenale. Por, fati s'ishte me mua. M'u përsërit lëndimi që e kisha pasur edhe më herët, por tani më rëndë. I këputa ligamentet e gjurit të djathtë, me ç'rast humba gjithçka, si transferimin te skuadra e madhe nga Cyrihu, e poashtu nuk u ftova as nga Shqipëria, që më rrëzoi gjithçka për toke, pasi e kisha ëndërr përfaqësimin me "kuq e zinjtë"
  2. ↑ "Lajmi i fundit: Lista e Kosovës kundër Azerbajxhanit" [Latest news: Kosovo's list against Azerbaijan]. Korneri (in Albanian). 22 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Friendly match cancelled". Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 25 January 2018.
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