Faton Maloku (born 11 June 1991) is a

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

an professional

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who plays as a

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for Kosovo club Drita.

Club career

Return to Feronikeli

On 30 December 2016, Maloku returned to his former club, Feronikeli and signed a 1,5 year contract.

Kukësi

On 5 June 2018, Maloku signed to

Albanian Superliga The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

side Kukësi and became the fifth goalkeeper at the club. On 16 August, he made his debut with Kukësi in the third qualifying round of

2018–19 UEFA Europa League The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Olympic St ...

against Georgian side

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International career

On 8 November 2017, Maloku received a call-up from

for the

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against

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, he was an unused substitute in that match.

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* * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Gjilan Kosovan men's footballers Kosovan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania Men's association football goalkeepers Football Superleague of Kosovo players SC Gjilani players FC Feronikeli 74 players KF Hajvalia players FC Drita players Kategoria Superiore players FK Kukësi players {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub