Veton Tusha | |
Birth Date: | 29 December 2002 |
Birth Place: | Kaçanik, FR Yugoslavia |
Height: | 1.74 m |
Position: | Centre-forward |
Clubnumber: | 25 |
Youthyears1: | 2008–2017 |
Youthclubs1: | New Star Football School |
Youthyears2: | 2017–2018 |
Youthclubs2: | Arsenal Football School |
Youthyears3: | 2018–2019 |
Youthclubs3: | Vardar |
Youthyears4: | 2020–2021 |
Youthclubs4: | Denizlispor |
Years1: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs1: | Denizlispor |
Caps1: | 23 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2022 |
Clubs2: | Termalica |
Caps2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs3: | Ballkani |
Caps3: | 14 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2023–2024 |
Caps4: | 17 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2024– |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Kosovo U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
Nationalteam2: | Kosovo U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
Nationalteam3: | Kosovo U21 |
Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 5 August 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 24 March 2023 |
Veton Tusha (born 29 December 2002) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for FC Drita.
On 15 January 2021, Tusha signed his first professional contract with Super Lig side Denizlispor after agreeing to a three-and-a-half-year deal and received squad number 25.[1] His debut with Denizlispor came five days later against Galatasaray after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Hadi Sacko and scored his side's only goal during a 6–1 away deep defeat.[2]
On 18 February 2022, Tusha joined Ekstraklasa side Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza,[3] after agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year deal.[4] 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.[5]
On 2 September 2022, Tusha signed a three-year contract with Football Superleague of Kosovo club Ballkani.[6] 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 CFR Cluj.[7]
On 19 November 2017, Tusha was named as part of the Kosovo U17 squad for 2017 Aegean Mercedes Cup.[8] 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.[9]
On 7 November 2019, Tusha was named as part of the Kosovo U19 squad for 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications.[10] 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.[11]
On 15 March 2021, Tusha received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the friendly matches against Qatar U23.[12] Eleven days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in first match against Qatar U23 after being named in the starting line-up.[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Denizlispor | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | TFF First League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
Termalica | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Ballkani | 2022–23 | Kosovo Superleague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |