Leonardo Maloku
Leonardo Maloku (born 18 May 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Spanish club San Roque and the Albania national under-21 team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | San Roque | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Pescara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Pescara | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Santarcangelo (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Fano (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Fermana (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019– | San Roque | 11 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Albania U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Albania U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017– | Albania U21 | 10 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2018 | |||
Club career
Early career
Pescara
He signed his first professional contrat with Pescara on 29 July 2016 for 5 years valid until 2021.[1] He was gathered for the first time with the first team in the pre-season preparatory stage and was activated in all 3 friendly games mading impressive performances convincing coach Massimo Oddo and the club to sign with him the professional contract.[2]
Loan to Santarcangelo
He made his debut on 27 August 2017 against Pordenone in the 2017–18 Serie C Group B (North & Central East) opening season, playing the full 90-minutes under coach Giuseppe Angelini in a 0–1 loss with a 90'+4 minute goal.[3]
International career
He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by same coach of the under-21 team Alban Bushi for the friendly match against Georgia U20 on 14 November 2017.[6] He debuted for under-20 team against Georgia by playing as a starter until 55th minute when he was substituted off for Amer Duka with score at 1–0 and the entire match finished in an eventual 3–0 loss.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 December 2017 [8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[lower-alpha 1] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pescara | 2015–16 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Santarcangelo | 2017–18 | Serie C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
- Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
References
- Primo contratto per Leo Maloku PESCARA Sport 24
- Bregasi, Rinald (29 July 2016). "Tjetër lojtar shqiptar te Pescara" (in Albanian). SuperSport Albania. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- "Santarcangelo vs. Pordenone - 27 August 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- "SCAMBIO FERMANA-FANO: AI SALUTI CLEMENTE, ARRIVA MALOKU" (in Italian). Fermana. 31 January 2019.
- "Nuevo fichaje Leonardo Maloku" (Press release) (in Spanish). San Roque. 4 August 2019.
- "U-21, Bushi ne konference per shtyp" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- "U-20, humbet ndeshjen miqësore në Gjeorgji" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- Leonardo Maloku at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
External links
- Leonardo Maloku at Soccerway
- Leonardo Maloku – UEFA competition record
- Leonardo Maloku profile at FSHF.org
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ardit Toli |
Albania U19 captain 2011–2016 |
Succeeded by Rezart Rama |