Leonardo Maloku (born 18 May 1998) is an Albanian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for Spanish club
San Roque and the
Albania national under-21 team.
Club career
Early career
Pescara
He signed his first professional contrat with
Pescara
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on 29 July 2016 for 5 years valid until 2021. He was gathered for the first time with the first team in the pre-season preparatory stage and was activated in all 3 friendly games mading impressive performances convincing coach
Massimo Oddo
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Oddo played for several Italian clubs throug ...
and the club to sign with him the professional contract.
Loan to Santarcangelo
He made his debut on 27 August 2017 against
Pordenone
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The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'.
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in the
2017–18 Serie C Group B (North & Central East) opening season, playing the full 90-minutes under coach
Giuseppe Angelini in a 0–1 loss with a 90'+4 minute goal.
Loan to Fermana
On 31 January 2019, he joined
Fermana on loan.
San Roque
On 4 August 2019, he signed with Spanish club
San Roque.
International career
He received his first call up for the
Albania under-20 side by same coach of the under-21 team Alban Bushi for the
friendly match
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against
Georgia U20 on 14 November 2017. He debuted for under-20 team against Georgia by playing as a starter until 55th minute when he was substituted off for
Amer Duka
Amer Duka (born 21 January 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Albanian club KF Korabi Peshkopi.
Club career Laçi
International career
He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by sam ...
with score at 1–0 and the entire match finished in an eventual 3–0 loss.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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Leonardo Maloku profileat
FSHF
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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Tirana
Albanian footballers
Albania men's youth international footballers
Albania men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Santarcangelo Calcio players
Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players
Fermana F.C. players
CD San Roque de Lepe footballers
Serie B players
Serie C players
Tercera División players
Albanian expatriate footballers
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Spain