Leart Paqarada


Leart Shukri Paqarada is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back and actually is without a club. He was part of SV Sandhausen from 2014/15 season but in 29 June 2020 he announced that he wont extend the contract. He is also part of the Kosovo national team. He previously played for Albania national under-21 football team and Germany U17 team.

Early life

Born in Bremen, Germany, Paqarada is the son of Shukri Paqarada, a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Prishtina. His family is originally from Pačarađa, Serbia.

Club career

Paqarada started his career with SV Werder Bremen youths in 1998 until 2003, then he joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen where he played in all youth teams of the club until 2013, and was promoted in second team: Bayer 04 Leverkusen II. In 2014, he was transferred in SV Sandhausen. He made his 2. Bundesliga debut on 10 August 2014 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He played the full game in a 1–1 draw. He left SV Sandhausen in 2020 and actually is free agent.

International career

Germany

Under-16

On 16 August 2009, Paqarada made his debut with Germany U16 in a friendly match against Austria U16 after being named in the starting line-up.

Under-17

On 4 September 2010, Paqarada made his debut with Germany U17 in a friendly match against Azerbaijan U17 after being named in the starting line-up.

Albania

Under-21

On 6 February 2013, Paqarada made his debut with Albania U21 in a friendly match against Macedonia U21 after being named in the starting line-up.

Kosovo

On 4 September 2014, Paqarada received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Oman and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up and from that day, he is regularly playing for Kosovo.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals