Elvi Berisha (born 2 March 1999) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Berisha started his youth career aged 12 with FK Fieri under-13. After spending one season there, he moved at fellow

Fier Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri) is the seventh most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Fier County and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the Myzeqe Plain between the Seman in the north, the Vjos ...

i club

KF Apolonia Fier KF Apolonia is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded on 17 June 1925 and took its name from the nearby ruins of the ancient city of Apollonia. The club currently compete in the Kategoria e Parë and they play their home ...

under-15. During the 2014 Summer window transfers, Berisha signed with

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.Elvi Berisha profile

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.org On 20 June 2016 Berisha had a trial by

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in a

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club.

Leganés

On 12 August 2017, Berisha started a trial at Spanish side

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. In his first trial game with the reserves he scored twice against

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in a 4–2 win, where he wore the shirt number 7. Following that, the club was convinced to sign him three days later. Berisha agreed a four-year contract joining on a free transfer since he had no professional contract with Tirana. Tirana were, however, entitled to €90,000 due to

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's rules that the club where a player was raised earns €30,000 for each year the player was part of the club. Berisha was subsequently assigned to

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in the regional leagues. On 12 November 2017, he scored a

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for the side in a 5–2 home routing of CDV Rayo Serranillos.

International career

Albania U17

Berisha was called up by

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coach

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to participate in the

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where Albania U17 was placed in

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. He made his debut on 8 October 2014 in the opening match against

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coming on as a second-half substitute in the 47th minute in place of

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in an eventual 3–0 defeat. He played also as a second-half substitute in the closing match against San Marino U17 on 13 October replacing

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in the 60th minute and managed to score a goal in the 74th minute to sign the 5–1 victory. Berisha was re-called at Albania under-17 by coach Džemal Mustedanagić to participate in the

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from 22–27 October 2015. He played 1 match as a starter against Netherlands U17 on 24 October and was substituted off in the half-time for Arlind Demaj.

Albania U19

He was called up at

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by coach

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to participate in the

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from 6–11 October 2016. He was an unused substitute in the opening match against Republic of Ireland U19 and played two full 90-minutes matches against Germany U19 in 3–2 loss and against Gibraltar U19 in a 1–0 victory. Berisha was re-called at Albania under-19 by new coach

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for a gathering in

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in April 2017 where they also played two

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es.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

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**Runner-up:

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References

External links

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