Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gentian Muça | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Tiranë, Albania | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Tirana | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
200x–2006 | Tirana | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | Bonner SC | 0 | (0) |
2007 | SC Vahr-Blockdiek | 0 | (0) |
2008 | Osterholz-Scharmbeck | 9 | (0) |
2008–2011 | Tirana | 14 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Bylis Ballsh (loan) | 28 | (2) |
2009–2010 | → Dinamo Tirana (loan) | 19 | (3) |
2011 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 13 | (0) |
2012 | Flamurtari Vlorë | 10 | (1) |
2012– | Tirana | 112 | (14) |
National team‡ | |||
2005 | Albania U19 | 3 | (1) |
2009 | Albania | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 August 2015 |
Gentian Muça (born 13 May 1987 in Tirana) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays for Albanian club Tirana in the Albanian Superliga. A product of the KF Tirana academy, he spent much of his early career in the lower leagues of Germany before returning to Albania, and indeed Tirana in 2008.
Following his return to Tirana, Muça spent one season on loan at Bylis Ballsh and another one at Dinamo Tirana, where he won the league for the first time in his career. After his successful spell at Dinamo Tirana, Muça returned to Tirana where he played during the 2010–11 season. Then, his contract was not extended so he decided to join Vllaznia Shkodër where he played only in the first part of 2011–12 season before spending the other part at Flamurtari Vlorë. Then Tirana brought him back and even since that he become a regular member in the starting lineup, making more than 100 appearances in all competitions. During the summer of 2015 and 2016, he was loaned to Kukësi for the club's European campaign.
Muça represented Albania at youth level, playing for the under-19 in 2005. In 2009, he was called up for the first in the senior team where he made his unofficial debut against Kosovo.
Muça completed a transfer to Dinamo Tirana on a long-season loan. He made his UEFA Europa League debut on 9 July 2009 in the returning left of the first qualifying round against the Finnish club Lahti, playing full-90 minutes in a 2–0 home win at Qemal Stafa Stadium. However, despite winning 2–0 at home, Dinamo was eliminated from the competition after losing the first match 4–1. Muça made his league debut on 23 August in the opening match against Kastrioti Krujë, helping his side with a goal in an eventual 3–1 win. He scored in the 68th minute with a corner kick. He played another 18 matches until the end of the season, as Dinamo Tirana was crowned the Champions of Albania by winning the Albanian Superliga title for the 18th time in history. This was also Muça's first major trophy as a professional footballer.