Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 August 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Albania U21 (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Tirana | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1997 | Tirana | 27 | (24) |
1994 | → Szegedi (loan) | 20 | (7) |
1994–1995 | → Remscheid (loan) | ? | (?) |
1996 | → Flamurtari Vlorë (loan) | 16 | (7) |
1997 | Apollon Smyrni | 13 | (3) |
1998–1999 | Litex Lovech | 37 | (14) |
1999–2000 | Adanaspor | 29 | (10) |
2000–2005 | İstanbulspor | 96 | (26) |
2001–2003 | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Partizani Tirana | 14 | (5) |
2005–2010 | Levadiakos | 49 | (9) |
2006–2008 | → Apollon Kalamarias (loan) | 41 | (13) |
2010 | Tirana | 5 | (0) |
Total | 359 | (118) | |
National team | |||
1992–1993 | Albania U21 | 2 | (0) |
1995–2007 | Albania | 67 | (14) |
Teams managed | |||
2015 | Albania U16 | ||
2017– | Albania U21 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Alban Bushi (born 20 August 1973 in Tirana) is an Albanian retired footballer and current manager of Albania national under-21 football team. During his playing career he played as a striker. Bushi during his 19-year career has played with 12 different clubs in 6 different countries. He was also part of Albania national team for 12 year, recording 65 appearances and 14 goals. He is nicknamed "Loku".
Bushi has enjoyed a long playing career which has seen him play for 12 different clubs in 6 different countries. He started off his career in Albania with Tirana. He then moved to Hungary with Szegedi. Germany was his next destination in 1994 with FC Remscheid. He then returned to Albania with Tirana, Flamurtari Vlorë and Tirana again. He then moved to Greece with Apollon Smyrni before heading off to Bulgaria to join Litex Lovech, where he became the first foreigner to captain the team.
After his spell in Bulgaria he moved to Turkey to play for Adanaspor, Istanbulspor and Trabzonspor before returning to Istanbulspor. After many years playing abroad Bushi returned to Albania with Partizani Tirana. He then went off to Greece again, this time to join AE Levadiakos. After this he played for Apollon Kalamarias. In 2008, he went back to Greece to play for AE Levadiakos.