 Berisha began his youth career at German side Berliner VB 49 academies at age of 9.He then moved to various German teams, such as Berliner FC Dynamo, TSV Lichtenberg, SV Lichtenberg 47 until 2003, then he moved to NOFV-Oberliga club Tennis Borussia Berlin, where a 17-year-old Berisha won the national youth league's golden boot, outclassing future Germany strikers, Mario Gomez and Lukas Podolski.He stayed for just a year before being spotted by Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.