Alban Bushi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alban Bushi
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 20, 1973(1973-08-20)
Age	51
Birthplace	Tirana
Country	Albania
Birth City	Tirana
Horoscope	Leo

Alban Bushi Biography

Alban Bushi is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on August 20, 1973 in Tirana, Tirana, Albania. Alban Bushi (born 20 August 1973) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Albania under-21 and under-20 team. He is nicknamed “Loku”.

After his spell in Bulgaria he moved to Turkey to play initially for Adanaspor in the 1999–2000 1.Lig. Then he signed for fellow 1.Lig side Istanbulspor. In his first season 2000–01 he scored 12 goals in 29 matches as İstanbulspor finished 12th. In the next season 2001–02 he played 16 games in where he scored 4 goals in the first-half before moving on loan to another Süper Lig team Trabzonspor with whom he played only 5 matches but unable to score. He was part of Trabzonspor for another half season in 2002–03 playing 7 matches failing once again to score, before returning to Istanbulspor for the second- half in which he played 14 matches managing 4 goals to contribute in team’s 9th place. In the 2003–04 season Bushi played 21 games and scored 5 goals to help Istanbulspor avoid relegation with 1 point above 16th place Bursaspor. He was part of the team in the first half of the 2004–05 Süper Lig playing 16 matches scoring once before returning to Albania after many years playing abroad and signed with Partizani Tirana for the second half of the 2004–05 Albanian Superliga; he played 14 games and netted 5 goals. He then went off to Greece again to join AE Levadiakos. In his first season 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki he played 22 matches often as a starter in which he scored 8 goals as Levadiakos however was relegated to Beta Ethniki. After that he moved on loan at Apollon Kalamarias playing in two seasons in the Superleague Greece, 2006–07 and 2007–08. Then, he went back to AE Levadiakos.

Bushi returned to Albania in summer of 2004 to play for one season with Partizani Tirana before returning to Greece, where he would spend the next five years at Levadiakos. At the end of his career, Bushi returned to Albania once again to represent Tirana, stating that it was a “moral debt” to end his career where it started. He retired from football in November 2010.

His first game in Albania after over 13 years came on 3 October 2010 in an away game against Skënderbeu Korçë, where he came on as a substitute for Pero Pejic in the 65th minute in a game which ended in a 2–1 loss for Bushi’s side. He played his first match as a starter on 31 October against Teuta Durrës, contributing in a 2–0 home win. He finished his final spell with Tirana by playing five league matches, three of them as a starter, failing to score.

Bushi scored on his international debut for Albania on 16 August 1995 against Malta at Ta’ Qali National Stadium, netting the temporary equalizer in the 72nd minute in an eventual 1–2 loss. He made his competitive debut on 15 November in the match against Wales for the qualifiers of the UEFA Euro 1996, entering as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw.

Alban Bushi Net Worth

Alban Bushi is one of the richest Association Football Player from Albania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alban Bushi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bushi was part of the Albania national under-21 football team during the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification playing two games both against Germany U21 on 17 November & 22 December 1992.

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 made his professional debut for Tirana in the 1992–93 season and after spending two seasons with the club, he then moved to Hungary with Szegedi. Soon after he was transferred in Germany to FC Remscheid. After 2 years abroad, he made a return to Albania, playing for 2 years between Tirana and Flamurtari Vlorë. He then moved to Greece signing for Apollon Smyrni and right after a half season, he headed off to Bulgaria to join Litex Lovech, where he became the first foreigner to captain the team. He spent two seasons in the Bulgarian A Football Group, winning them both.

Bushi also had a successful international career, being part of Albania national team for 12 years. With 14 goals, he was Albania’s all-time leading top scorer from 2004 until Erjon Bogdani overtook him in 2011. He retired from international football in 2007.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Following naming of Paolo Tramezzani as a National teams director, on 9 December 2016 Bushi was named as the Albania under-21 manager. He won his first game with Albania U21 on 27 March 2017 against Moldova 2–0. In collaboration with the Albanian Football Association, reborned the under-20 side by assigning a friendly versus Georgia on 14 November 2017 at David Petriashvili Stadium, Tbilisi, with Bushi as the coach at the same time along the under-21 national team.

Facts & Trivia

Alban Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Albania. Alban Bushi celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

Top Facts about Alban Bushi

1. Alban Bushi is a retired Albanian footballer born in 1973.
2. He played as a midfielder for various clubs including KF Tirana and Dinamo Tirana.
3. Bushi earned 61 caps for the Albania national team between 1994-2006.
4. He scored 5 goals for Albania during his international career.
5. Bushi was part of the Albania squad that won the Balkan Cup in 2000.
6. He also helped KF Tirana win the Albanian Superliga twice (1995, 1999).
7. In total, Bushi made over 300 appearances in his club career.
8. After retiring from playing, he became a coach and managed several teams in Albania.
9. Bushi was appointed head coach of the Albania U21 team in 2018.
10. He is considered one of the greatest Albanian footballers of all time.