Mërgim Berisha

**Mërgim Berisha** (born 11 May 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a Forward for  club FC Augsburg, on loan from Fenerbahçe. He was born in Berchtesgaden, Germany, to Kosovan parents.

### Liefering

On 7 November 2014  Berisha made his debut as a professional footballer against Mattersburg. He came in as a substitute at 73rd minute in place of Daniel Ripić. 50 seconds after his substitution he scored the third goal during a 3–1 home win.

### Red Bull Salzburg

On 28 December 2016  Berisha signed his first professional contract with Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg. On 3 April 2017  he made his debut in a 0–5 away win against SC Rheindorf Altach after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Wanderson. Berisha helped his team winning the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League. He was one of the top scorers in the tournament, scoring seven goals in total.

#### Loan at LASK

On 21 August 2017  Berisha joined Austrian Bundesliga side LASK  on a season-long loan. Five days later  he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Rapid Wien.

#### Loan at 1. FC Magdeburg

On 19 June 2018  Berisha joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Magdeburg  on a season-long loan. Two months later he made his debut with 1. FC Magdeburg in the  2018–19 DFB-Pokal first round against Darmstadt 98 .

#### Loan at SC Rheindorf Altach

On 10 January 2019Berisha joined Austrian Bundesliga side SC Rheindorf Altach  on a  season loan. On 23 February 2019, he made his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Wolfsberger AC.

##### 2019–20 season

On 6 January 2020  Berisha returned to Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg. On 14 February 2020  he played the first game after the return in a 2–3 home defeat against former club LASK after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute in place of Patrick Farkas.

##### 2020–21 season

On 13 September 2020  Berisha started his season with the club by winning in the opening match of 2020–21 season against Wolfsberger AC after being named in the starting line-up.

On 3 November  Berisha scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–6 defeat against German side Bayern Munich in the 2020–21 season, he also scored in the away tie in Munich as Salzburg lost 3–1. On 1 December  Berisha scored two goals against Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, which allowed Red Bull Salzburg win the match   3–1. This secured third place in the group and the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League knockout phase. On 1 May 2021  Berisha scored Salzburg's opening goal  in the final of the Austrian Cup.

### Fenerbahçe

On 2 September 2021  Berisha signed a four-year contract with  Fenerbahçe and received squad number 11.

#### Loan at Augsburg

On 31 August 2022 Berisha joined Augsburg on loan with an option to buy.

## International career

On 7 October 2019, he was called-up from Germany U21 for the friendly match against Spain U21 and 021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualificationmatch against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21. Three days later, he made his debut with Germany U21 in a friendly match against Spain U21 after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Janni Serra. At the European Under-21 Championship  2021 he became European Champion.

## Personal life

Berisha was born in Berchtesgaden, Germany, to Kosovan parents from Suva Reka.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Liefering|2014–15|Austrian First League|3|1|0|0|—|3|1||
|2015–16|Austrian First League|8|2|0|0|—|8|2||||
|2016–17|Austrian First League|30|14|0|0|—|30|14||||
|rowspan="6"|Red Bull Salzburg|2016–17|Austrian Bundesliga|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|
|2017–18|Austrian Bundesliga|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|||
|2019–20|Austrian Bundesliga|8|1|1|0|1|0|10|1|||
|2020–21|Austrian Bundesliga|28|14|4|3|10|5|42|22|||
|2021–22|Austrian Bundesliga|2|1|0|0|1|0|3|1|||
|LASK (loan)|2017–18|Austrian Bundesliga|18|5|2|1|—|20|6|||
|1. FC Magdeburg (loan)|2018–19|2. Bundesliga|4|0|1|0|—|5|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Rheindorf Altach (loan)|2018–19|Austrian Bundesliga|14|7|0|0|—|14|7||
|2019–20|Austrian Bundesliga|17|7|3|2|—|20|9||||
|rowspan="3"|Fenerbahçe|2021–22|Süper Lig|22|4|1|0|8|3|31|7|
|2022–23|Süper Lig|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|1|||
|FC Augsburg (loan)|2022–23|Bundesliga|23|9|0|0|—|23|9|||
|rowspan="2"|FC Augsburg|2023–24|Bundesliga|2|0|1|0|—|3|0||
|TSG Hoffenheim|2023–24|Bundesliga|1|0|0|0|—|1|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Germany|2023|2|0|

## Honours

**Red Bull Salzburg Youth**
- UEFA Youth League: 2016–17

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21
- Austrian Cup: 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mërgim Berisha
- **image**: FC RB Salzburg gegen LASK (14. Februar 2020) 55.jpg
- **caption**: Berisha with FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2020
- **birth place**: Berchtesgaden, Germany
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Centre-forward, Forward
- **currentclub**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSG Hoffenheim
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthyears1**: 2008–2016
- **youthclubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **years1**: 2014–2017
- **clubs1**: FC Liefering, Liefering
- **caps1**: 41
- **goals1**: 17
- **years2**: 2017–2021
- **clubs2**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps2**: 39
- **goals2**: 16
- **years3**: 2017–2018
- **clubs3**: → LASK (loan)
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 5
- **years4**: 2018
- **clubs4**: → 1. FC Magdeburg (loan)
- **caps4**: 4
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2019–2020
- **clubs5**: → SC Rheindorf Altach, Rheindorf Altach (loan)
- **caps5**: 31
- **goals5**: 14
- **years6**: 2021–2023
- **clubs6**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps6**: 23
- **goals6**: 5
- **years7**: 2022–2023
- **clubs7**: → FC Augsburg (loan)
- **caps7**: 23
- **goals7**: 9
- **years8**: 2023
- **clubs8**: FC Augsburg
- **caps8**: 2
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2023–
- **clubs9**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSG Hoffenheim
- **caps9**: 1
- **goals9**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2019–2021
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2023–
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **club-update**: 09:55, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20:42, 28 March 2023 (UTC)