Dardan Berisha
 Berisha in 2010 | |
| No. 3 – KKS Pro-Basket Kutno | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Polish Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 15, 1988 Peć, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Kosovan / Polish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2007 | KB Peja |
| 2007 | Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto |
| 2007–2008 | CB Trujillo |
| 2008–2010 | Polonia Warszawa |
| 2010–2012 | Anwil Włocławek |
| 2012–2013 | KB Peja |
| 2013–2015 | Sigal Prishtina |
| 2015 | Cibona Zagreb |
| 2015–2016 | Sigal Prishtina |
| 2016–present | KKS Pro-Basket Kutno |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Dardan Berisha (born 15 November 1988) is a Polish-Kosovan professional basketball player who plays for KKS Pro-Basket Kutno of the Polish Basketball League. 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 as 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 Sigal 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 Sigal 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.
International career
In August 2, 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 the national team of Kosovo when FIBA finally recognized Kosovo in 2015. In 2016 he will represent the Kosovo national basketball team in FIBA EuroBasket 2017's qualification tournament.
References
External links
- Dardan Berisha at eurobasket.com
- Dardan Berisha at fiba.com