Valon Berisha

Valon Berisha (born 7 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK and the Kosovo national team.

Career
Berisha was born in Stockholm. His family is of Albanian origin. They moved from Kosovo to Sweden before he was born. His younger brother Veton also plays professional football for Viking Stavanger in Norway. He started football at the local club Egersunds IK. On 20 June 2008, when he was 15 years old, he played his first senior match for EIK against Staal Jørpeland IL in the Norwegian Third Division. His good performance attracted the interest of Viking Stavanger, a top club of Norway. He signed with them in March 2009. In July 2012 Berisha went on to Red Bull Salzburg together with his fellow Norwegian Håvard Nielsen. Unlike Nielsen he was soon part of the starting team of Salzburg.

International career
Valon Berisha was part of every youth national team in Norway. For the Under-17, U-19 and U-21 teams he played 29 games and scored 3 goals. With the U-21 he played in the European Under-21 Championship 2013 in Israel and reached the semifinal. His first match in the senior team was on January 15, 2011. It was a friendly match against Denmark League XI (unofficial national football team run by the Danish Football Association).

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsViking2010Tippeligaen12130—151201128342—325201216010—170Total56482—646Red Bull Salzburg2012–13Austrian Bundesliga30630—3362013–14325331204782014–1514430201942015–1633561404362016–1734730914682017–18244321874513Total1673121645823345Lazio2018–19Serie A8010501402019–2030104080Total1102090220Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)2019–20Bundesliga13000—130Reims2020–21Ligue 124010212712021–2213010—140Total3702021411Career total2843533856937352

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNorway201280201330201420201530201640Total200Kosovo201641201760201840201962202060202150202251202340Total404

International goals

Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berisha goal.

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|1.
|5 September 2016
|Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland
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|align="center"|1–1
|align="center"|1–1
|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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|-
|2.
|rowspan="2"|10 September 2019
|rowspan="2"|St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England
|rowspan="2"|
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center" rowspan="2"|3–5
|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
|align="center" rowspan="2"|
|-
|3.
|align="center"|2–5
|-
|4.
|2 June 2022
|AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus
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|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|2–0
|2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
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|}

Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Austrian Cup: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17

Lazio
Coppa Italia: 2018–19
Supercoppa Italiana: 2019
Melbourne City
A-League Men Premiership: 2022–23
Individual
Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2017–18
Austrian Bundesliga top assist provider: 2016–17
Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18

References

Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:Norwegian footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Footballers from Stockholm
Category:Austrian football champions