Leonardo Maloku (born 18 May 1998) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club San Roque and the Albania national under-21 team.

Club career

Early career

Pescara

He signed his first professional contrat with

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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

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and the club to sign with him the professional contract.

Loan to Santarcangelo

He made his debut on 27 August 2017 against

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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

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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

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with score at 1–0 and the entire match finished in an eventual 3–0 loss.

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Leonardo Maloku
at TuttoCampo {{DEFAULTSORT:Maloku, Leonardo 1998 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Delfino Pescara 1936 players Santarcangelo Calcio players Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players Fermana FC players CD San Roque de Lepe footballers Serie B players Serie C players Tercera División players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Albanian sportsmen