Valon Berisha
Valon Berisha (born 7 February 1993 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Norwegian football player on the position of midfielder. It can at all offensive midfield positions are used and is considered one of the greatest talents of Norway. He currently stands at FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria under contract. His brother Veton Berisha is also football player.
Career
Valon Berisha 's son Kosovo Albanian parents who fled in the early 1990s from Kosovo to Sweden, where he was born in Malmö. In early childhood years his parents moved to Egersund in Norway, a suburb of Stavanger. At the turn of the millennium, he started playing football at the local club Egersunds IK. His dortiger coach Jone Mathisen was in November 2010, an interview with Verdens Gang, " as Berisha was six or seven years old, the people did here in the club that he is something special ... He is the most amazing football player I ever 've seen. He has technique, speed and power and fantastic handling of the ball " When he was 14 and 15 years old, he had several tryouts with English Premier League clubs. Among Chelsea, Aston Villa and Manchester City. The last two even offered him a contract, but Valon opted for a continued stay in Norway. On June 20, 2008 Valon Berisha made his debut as a 16- year-old at Egersunds IK and made immediately noticed. In March 2009, he signed with the Norwegian first division side Viking Stavanger his first professional contract and made his debut in the same month in the Tippeligaen against SK Brann Bergen. His first goal he scored 31 October 2009 in a 1-1 draw against Lillestrøm SK.
End of July 2012, he transferred to FC Red Bull Salzburg to Austria, where he signed a contract until 2016 with an option for another year. The fee for the Norwegians was 2.8 million euros. Within a short time he was able to establish himself in the first team and scored in his first six games, four goals and prepared three more before.
National
Valon Berisha completed a total of 44 games for the Norwegian youth team, scoring three goals. When King's Cup 2012 in Thailand, he celebrated his debut for the Norwegian national football team. He played in all three games in the tournament against Denmark, Thailand and South Korea U- 23rd His first home game he played 26 May 2012 against England.
With the U - 21 national team he reached, after two draws and a win against England, the semifinals of the U -21 Football Championship in 2013 in Israel. There, however, he failed 3-0 against Spain.
Achievements
- Awards Statoil Talent Prize: 2011
- Don Balón "The IBWM 100 ": 2012