Besart Berisha

association football player

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2005: → Aalborg (loan)
2008: → Rosenborg (loan)
2009: → Horsens (loan)
2017: Kosovo
2021: Prishtina
2024: Prishtina (assistant)
2025: Melbourne (Manager)
Full name: Besart Selim Berisha
Date of birth: ( 1985-07-29 ) 29 July 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth: Pristina , SR Serbia , SFR Yugoslavia
Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position: Striker
Current team: Prishtina (assistant)
1994 1998: Berliner VB 49
1998 1999: Berliner FC Dynamo
1999 2000: TSV Lichtenberg
2000 2003: SV Lichtenberg
2003 2004: Tennis Borussia Berlin

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Instance of: human
Family name: Berisha
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kosovo
Place of birth: Pristina
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: Albanian
Sport: association football
Member of team: Rosenborg BK
Position played: forward
League: 2. Bundesliga
Country for sport: Kosovo
Mass: 78
Official website: www.besartberisha.com
Image: Besart Berisha.jpg
Height: 185

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sport number: 8
Commons category: Besart Berisha
name in native language: Besart Berisha
date of birth: 1985-07-29
start of work period: 2003-00-00
social media followers: 9673

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Encyclopedic overview

Besart Selim Berisha ( Albanian: [bɛˈsaɾt sɛˈlim bɛˈɾiʃa]; born 29 July 1985) is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Melbourne Victory seniors academy team based in Victoria, Australia. Previously he held an assistant manager role of Kosovo Superleague club Prishtina. Best known for his time in Australia, is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the A-League Men, having made 231 appearances and scoring 142 goals in the competition.

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