Besart Berisha
Berisha in the jersey of Brisbane Roar (2012 )
Besart Berisha (born 29 July 1985 in Pristina ) is an Albanian footballer from Kosovo.
Career
As early as 1992, his family fled during the civil war in Yugoslavia to Germany. Berisha first played at the Berlin clubs Berlin VB 49, TSV Lichtenberg, BFC Dynamo, SV Lichtenberg 47 and Tennis Borussia Berlin in the youth teams. As top scorer in the A-Juniors Bundesliga 2004 the striker talent was obliged Hamburger SV. Berisha took this Agreement for his whereabouts in Germany since the end of toleration and the expulsion threatened, as the family in 1992 was entered illegally. In order to obtain a residence permit, but Berisha had entered the country legally from his home. So he traveled to Pristina, where he received a pass from Serbia and Montenegro. This allowed him a one-year residence permit for the Federal Republic.
In the league match of the DFB operation, ie in the regional, but he would have been eligible to play only with an unlimited residence permit. The original planned jump in the senior squad but was too large because he missed the entire preseason because of his stay in Pristina.
The HSV then gave Berisha, first in February 2005 for the second half of the 2004/05 season to the Danish first division club Aalborg BK, in the season 2005/ 06 at their Premier League rivals AC Horsens. This club he saved with his 11 goals this season in the league.
In the 2006/07 season Berisha played back at Hamburger SV and was a member of the senior squad. His first goal for HSV, he scored in the Champions League match against CSKA Moscow on 6 December 2006 in a 3-2 victory in front of his home crowd. His first Bundesliga goal he scored on 16 December 2006 at the Aachen Tivoli.
For the Albanian national team he was on 11 October 2006 his debut against the Dutch national team, after he had assumed the Albanian citizenship in September 2006. His first goal for the Albanian national team he scored on 25 May 2007 in a friendly against England reserve selection.
For the 2007/08 season left Berisha, who rarely came under Huub Stevens to train, HSV and moved to the English second division side Burnley FC. After a long injury break Berisha was loaned to the Norwegian club Rosenborg BK.
On 5 August 2009 Berisha moved back to Germany, this time to the second division club Arminia Bielefeld. The Arminen the striker signed a contract in 2012, which was for the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga. After the descent of Arminia from the 2nd Bundesliga in the summer of 2011, Berisha was given a new contract.
On 17 August 2011, the Australian club Brisbane Roar announced the commitment of Berisha for a year. Already on the second matchday, he scored in the 2-0 win against Sydney FC scored his first goal for his new club. On matchday, he scored the first hat trick of his career. In the match against Adelaide United he contributed four goals in the 7-0 success. He set a new record for the fastest hat-trick in the Australian football when he met within six minutes 23 to 29 minutes, three times. At the end of the season 2011/12 he was charged with 19 goals in 26 games top scorer in the A-League. In the championship final match against Perth Glory Berisha scored first in the 84th minute after a cross from Thomas Broich the 1-1 draw before he caused to him by a penalty scored the 2-1 winning goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time and his first Australian Championships won.
In January 2014 it was announced that Berisha changes to the 2014/15 season for Premier League rivals Melbourne Victory.