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.

Club career

Early career

Pescara He signed his first professional contract with Pescara on 29 July 2016 for 5 years valid until 2021. 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.

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.

Loan to Fermana On 31 January 2019, he joined Fermana on loan.

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

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. 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.

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