Valmir Berisha

 

Country: Sweden/Albania

Date of birth: 06/06/1996 (17 years old)

Place of birth: Albania

Height: 1,82m

Club career: Halmstads BK

Current national team: Sweden U-17

Position: secondary striker, striker

Preferred foot: left

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): —

Contract until: unknown

Similar type of player: Robin van Persie

 

Strengths:

– finishing

– dribbling

– technique

– instinct

– movement

– off the ball

– decisions

 

Style of play:

– complete forward

– likes to dribble

– plays with back to goal

– trickster

 

He is best suited to playing as:

Striker in 4-2-2.

 

Video:

 

Achievements:

—

 

League summary:

No senior team appearances yet.

 

Description:

Valmir was born in Albania before moving with his family to Sweden when he was two. He has shown his talent in his new country very quickly. Currently he is a Halmstads BK U-19 player, but he has shown himself to a wider audience at the Sweden U-17 national team. Even though he didn’t play much at the UEFA U-17 Championship due to an injury, he was a star at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. He has scored 4 goals, impressed everyone with his technique and tricks and also scored a brilliant winner against Honduras which was shown on over the world and which earned him a new nickname, “New Zlatan”. On the 8th of November, he and his teammates will play a 3rd place match against Argentina.

 

Quotes:

“He scores this kind of goals all the time, not just now.”

(Anders Karlsson – Berisha’s agent after his client beautiful goal against Honduras)

 

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

8/10   

 

Links:

Transfermarkt: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/valmir-berisha/profil/spieler_226146.html

Soccerway: http://int.soccerway.com/players/valmir-berisha/270570/