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.

Leonardo Maloku
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Turris Calcio Pescara
Youth career
0000–2017 Pescara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Pescara 0 (0)
2017–2018Santarcangelo (loan) 17 (0)
2018–2019Fano (loan) 1 (0)
2019Fermana (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 San Roque 11 (0)
2021 Rosetana
2021–2023 2000 Calcio Montesilvano
2023– Turris Calcio Pescara
International career
2014 Albania U17 3 (0)
2016 Albania U19 3 (0)
2017 Albania U20 1 (0)
2017–2019 Albania U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Club career

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Early career

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Pescara

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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

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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]

Loan to Fermana

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On 31 January 2019, he joined Fermana on loan.[4]

San Roque

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On 4 August 2019, he signed with Spanish club San Roque.[5]

International career

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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

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Club

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As of 22 December 2017 [8]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[a] 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
  1. ^ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

References

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  1. ^ Primo contratto per Leo Maloku PESCARA Sport 24
  2. ^ Bregasi, Rinald (29 July 2016). "Tjetër lojtar shqiptar te Pescara" (in Albanian). SuperSport Albania. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Santarcangelo vs. Pordenone - 27 August 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ^ "SCAMBIO FERMANA-FANO: AI SALUTI CLEMENTE, ARRIVA MALOKU" (in Italian). Fermana. 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Nuevo fichaje Leonardo Maloku" (Press release) (in Spanish). San Roque. 4 August 2019.
  6. ^ "U-21, Bushi ne konference per shtyp" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ^ "U-20, humbet ndeshjen miqësore në Gjeorgji" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. ^ Leonardo Maloku at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Albania U19 captain
2011–2016
Succeeded by