Dardan Berisha Explained

Dardan Berisha
Number:11
Position:Shooting guard
Height:1.91 m
Weight:90 kg
League:Kosovo Superleague
Liga Unike
Team:Sigal Prishtina
Birth Date:15 November 1988
Birth Place:Peja, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Kosovan / Polish
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2006
Years1:2006–2007
Team1:Peja
Years2:2007
Team2:Cáceres
Years3:2007–2008
Team3:Trujillo
Years4:2008–2010
Team4:Polonia Warszawa
Years5:2010–2012
Team5:Anwil Włocławek
Years6:2012–2013
Team6:Peja
Years7:2013–2015
Team7:Prishtina
Years8:2015
Team8:Cibona
Years9:2015–2016
Team9:Prishtina
Years10:2016–2017
Team10:Kutno
Years11:2017
Team11:Juvecaserta
Years12:2017
Team12:Prishtina
Years13:2017–2018
Team13:ČEZ Nymburk
Years14:2018–2019
Team14:Prishtina
Years15:2019–2022
Team15:Peja
Years16:2022–present
Team16:Prishtina
Highlights:

Dardan Berisha (born 15 November 1988) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Prishtina. He became a naturalised Polish citizen and has since represented Poland in international basketball due to Kosovo not having FIBA status until 2015.[1] [2]

Dardan Berisha considered one of the best players of all time in Kosovo. He won the Kosovo Superleague 4- Times 2- Times with KB Peja and 2- Times With KB Prishtina. He also won Balkan League for the first time for Kosovan Team and also won BIBL MVP for the 2014–15 season.[3] [4] In June 2015, he signed a three-year deal with Croatian club Cibona Zagreb.[5] In October 2015, he left Cibona and returned to KB Prishtina.[6]

Dardan Berisha has played in Eurobasket 2011 with Poland national basketball team where he was one of the best players of Poland in this EuroBasket. In EuroBasket 2011 Dardan Berisha averaged with 13.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

Professional career

Berisha was born in Peja, Kosovo. He started his career in Kosovo in 2001 with KB Peja team. He played abroad in Spain, Poland and Croatia. In 2007–2010, he was the player of Polonia Warszawa, which was promoted and then dropped from the Polish Premier League. On 18 May 2010 he signed a three-year contract with Anwil Wloclawek.In 2012 he returned in Kosovo, signed a contract with KB Peja. Where in this year Berisha won the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and was chosen MVP of the league. From 2013 to 2015 he played in Kosovo with Sigal Prishtina. Where in 2015 Berisha won the Super League of Kosovo and the Balkan League. In June 2015, he was transferred in Croatia in KK Cibona. But Dardan Berisha left Cibona Zagreb to return to Sigal Prishtina. Berisha had played a few games with Cibona averaging 8.8 points per contest. On 18 February 2017, Berisha signed with the Italian team Juvecaserta Basket.[7]

International career

On 2 August 2010 he made his debut in the Polish national team in the match against Georgia. He played in EuroBasket 2011 in the Polish national team, where he was one of the best players that averaged 13.2 points in five games.He decided to represent Kosovo when FIBA finally recognized them in 2015. In 2016 he represented Kosovo on FIBA EuroBasket 2017 qualification tournament.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/cid_4,w7QjPeH-M,ty138LH2l3.playerID_68173.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.roundID_7526.teamID_347.html EuroBasket 2011 profile
  2. http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Dardan-Berisha/Summary/28629 Real GM profile
  3. http://www.balkanleague.net/en/news.php?id=17778 Dardan Berisha is the MVP of EUROHOLD Balkan League
  4. http://www.telegrafi.com/sport/berisha-per-te-dyten-here-radhazi-mvp-92-0-3670.html Berisha, për të dytën herë radhazi MVP
  5. Web site: Cibona signed a 3-year deal with Berisha . 18 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150618173736/http://www.abaliga.com/a9915/News/Cibona_signed_a_3_year_deal_with_Berisha.html . 18 June 2015 . dead .
  6. http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/fiba-europe-cup/179225/dardan-berisha-leaves-cibona-zagreb-to-return-to-sigal-prishtina.html Dardan Berisha leaves Cibona Zagreb to return to Sigal Prishtina
  7. News: Juvecaserta lands Dardan Berisha. 18 February 2017. 18 February 2017.