Besart Berisha
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| Besart BERISHA | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Besart Berisha | |
| Date of birth | July 29, 1985 (age 21) | |
| Place of birth | Priština, Kosovo, Serbia | |
| Height | 184 cm | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hamburger SV | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2006- | Hamburger SV | 9 (1) |
| National team** | ||
| 2006- | Albania | 1 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Besart Berisha (born on July 29, 1985 in Priština, Kosovo, Serbia) is a Kosovar-Albanian footballer. A striker, 1.84m tall and weighing 77kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and Hamburger SV of German Bundesliga at club level.
[edit] Biography
Besart Berisha was born in Kosovo, but left the country as a child to escape the war when he moved to Germany. From 1994 to 2004 Berisha played with German youth teams Berliner VB49, BFC Dynamo, TSV Lichtenberg and Tennis Borussia Berlin. In 2004 he started his professional career when he signed for Hamburger SV. However, because of his young age he was loaned to two of the Danish Superliga clubs where he played for Aalborg Boldspilklub and AC Horsens. In the summer of 2006 Besart Berisha returned to his club in Germany and signed a new four-year contract with Hamburger SV.
On October 11, 2006 Besart Berisha played his first game for the Albanian national football team at Amsterdam ArenA against Netherlands.
On December 6, 2006 Besart Berisha became the first Albanian ever to score a goal in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League by also scoring his first goal for his club Hamburger SV in the match against CSKA Moskva at home in Hamburg, Germany.
[edit] External links
- Besart Berisha HSV.de
- Besart Berisha UEFA.com
| Hamburger SV - Current Squad |
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1 Wächter | 2 Sorín | 3 Atouba | 4 Reinhardt | 5 Mathijsen | 6 Wicky | 7 Mahdavikia | 8 Karl | 9 Guerrero | 10 Kompany | 11 Lauth | 12 Kirschstein | 13 Fillinger | 14 Jarolím | 15 Trochowski | 16 Klingbeil | 17 Sanogo | 18 Hampel | 20 Demel | 22 Berisha | 23 van der Vaart | 25 Ben-Hatira | 27 Laas | 28 de Jong | 30 Benjamin | 33 Feilhaber | 37 Hennings | 38 Ljuboja |
