Veton Tusha (born 29 December 2002) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Ballkani.

Club career

Denizlispor

On 15 January 2021, Tusha signed his first professional contract with Super Lig side

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after agreeing to a three-and-a-half year deal and received squad number 25. His debut with Denizlispor came five days later against

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after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of

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and scored his side's only goal during a 6–1 away deep defeat.

Termalica

On 18 February 2022, Tusha joined

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

side Termalica, after agreeing to a one-and-a-half year deal. His debut with Termalica came a day later in a 0–0 home draw against Legia Warsaw after coming on as a substitute at 81st minute in place of Samuel Štefánik.

Ballkani

On 2 September 2022, Tusha signed a three-year contract with

club Ballkani. Six days later, he was named as a Ballkani substitute for the first time in a 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage match against

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International career

Under-17

On 19 November 2017, Tusha was named as part of the Kosovo U17 squad for 2017 Aegean Mercedes Cup. A day later, he made his debut with Kosovo U17 in 2017 Aegean Mercedes Cup match against the host Turkey U17 after coming on as a substitute.

Under-19

On 7 November 2019, Tusha was named as part of the Kosovo U19 squad for 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications. Six days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U19 in a match against Russia U19 after coming on as a substitute at 60th minute in place of Adonis Aliu.

Under-21

On 15 March 2021, Tusha received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the

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against Qatar U23. Eleven days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in first match against Qatar U23 after being named in the starting line-up.

Career statistics

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tusha, Veton 2002 births Living people People from Kaçanik Association football forwards Kosovan footballers Kosovo youth international footballers Kosovo under-21 international footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Poland Macedonian footballers Macedonian expatriate footballers Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Macedonian people of Kosovan descent Albanians in North Macedonia Süper Lig players Denizlispor footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland Ekstraklasa players Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza players KF Ballkani players