Leonard Bisaku

{{short description|Croatian footballer (born 1974)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| fullname = Leonard Bisaku

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.78m

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1997–1998 | clubs1 = Hajduk Split | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1998–1999 | clubs2 = Cibalia | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1999–2001 | clubs3 = Slaven Belupo | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs4 = Hrvatski Dragovoljac | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2002 | clubs5 = Pohang Steelers | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2003 | clubs6 = Ilhwa Chunma | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2003–2004 | clubs7 = Rijeka | caps7 = 1| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2005–2006 | clubs8 = Posušje | caps8 = 5| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2006 | clubs9 = Columbus Crew | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 1

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Leonard Bisaku (born 22 October 1974) is a Croatian retired football midfielder who last played for the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer.

Club career

He spent most of his professional career playing in Croatia with clubs including, Hajduk Split and NK Rijeka.

At age 31, he signed with the Crew on April 4, 2006,{{cite web|publisher=The Columbus Dispatch|title=Crew goes on defensive, adds Croatian midfielder|author=Mitchell, Shawn|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2006/04/05/20060405-C10-01.html|date=April 5, 2006}}{{dead link|date=October 2012 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and was released late in the season.

Bisaku belonged to the Kosovar jeweller family.{{cite news|title=Kako je Marijo Dodik odbio dva i pol milijuna maraka...|author=P. Jurišić|url=http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2001/04/28/Clanak.asp?r=spo&c=3|publisher=Vjesnik|date=27 April 2001|accessdate=5 March 2020|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416014646/http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2001/04/28/Clanak.asp?r=spo&c=3|archivedate=16 April 2002}}

He is now a football agent.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120404154119/http://www.1hnl.net/igrac.php?id=87 Profile at 1hnl.net]
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[https://sportnet.rtl.hr/vijesti/297877/nogomet/bivsem-igracu-hajduka-angazman-u-sad-u/ Bisaku was being appointed to Columbus Crew]

Category:1974 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Zagreb

Category:Croatian people of Kosovan descent

Category:Croatian people of Albanian descent

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Croatian men's footballers

Category:HNK Hajduk Split players

Category:HNK Cibalia players

Category:NK Slaven Belupo players

Category:NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players

Category:Pohang Steelers players