Ervin Bulku
- January 10, 2024
- Association Football Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Ervin Bulku |
Occupation | Association Football Player |
Date Of Birth | Mar 3, 1981(1981-03-03) |
Age | 43 |
Country | Albania |
Birth City | Tirana |
Horoscope | Pisces |
Ervin Bulku Biography
Name | Ervin Bulku |
Birthday | Mar 3 |
Birth Year | 1981 |
Home Town | Tirana |
Birth Country | Albania |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Siblings | Sokol Bulku |
Ervin Bulku is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on March 3, 1981 in Tirana, Albania. Ervin Bulku (Albanian pronunciation”ervin bulku” born on 3 March 1981) is an Albanian professional footballer who retired and is the currently the caretaker manager of the Albania national team.
Bulku was a player for the Albania national under-21 soccer team 15 times and scored one goal during the 2000 and 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification from 1999 until 2002.
He was a Utility player and played in many positions such as central midfielder, defensive midfielder, right midfielder and even right defender for the Albania national team in years 2002–2015 and in the club level with Tirana where he started and ended his career after playing for various club outside such as Kryvbas in Ukraine, Hajduk Split in Croatia, AZAL Baku in Azerbaijan and Sepahan in Iran.
He wasn’t included in national team until 2006 when he was called up by coach Otto Barić for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against Netherlands on 11 October.
Bulku began his career as a youngster with his local KF Tirana youth teams. When he was 18 Bulku was drafted into one of the teams by head manager Sulejman Mema and was given the chance to compete against players like Sokol Prenga as well as Ardian Mema for a place in the team. In his debut season playing for the club in professional football, he managed to play in 13 games throughout the course of the season. In 1999-2000, when he was with Tirana, Bulku found it easier to establish himself as a first-team player with the new manager Shkelqim Muca trusting Bulku’s promising youngster following midfielders like Eldorado Merkoci Devis Mukaj Klodian Duro as well as Sokol Prenga all left the club. The departures resulted in Bulku would be more often in the first squad and was able to make the most impressive appearances of 21 during the second season of his career, during which he took home his first prize of his career that is that of the Albanian Superliga title. After a superb season Bulku tried to replicate it for the 2000-2001 campaign however this didn’t take place as injury and a few poor performances resulted in Bulku was a lot of the season on sidelines. However, he was able to take home his first Albanian Supercup at the start of the season. However, his team Tirana barely missed out on the title race in the hands of Vllaznia Shkoder. Over the course of the subsequent season of his playing career Bulku made his name known both in the squad and the club, and he received an abundance of attention from both the media and fans as Bulku was bound to have a long and successful career. Bulku began to play in nearly every game once healthy and was a crucial player in the team and was a major player in the various trophy- winning teams that the club put together in the following years. In the season 2001-02, he was a regular part of the team that won the 2001/02 Albanian Cup scoring two goals throughout the way to the final in which Tirana won the trophy by beating Dinamo Tirana 1-0. Bulku played a major part of Tirana’s European games , and was a part of teams like Dinamo Tbilisi, Ferencvaros, CSKA Sofia and Kayserispor. Bulku also took part in 6 Albanian Supercup finals during his time at Tirana and won 5 from them. One of these was the infamous victory of 6-0 against Tirana’s city adversaries Dinamo Tirana in which Bulku scored in. In the final season of his time with Tirana, Bulku was once again a major player in the team which was crowned league champions, winning the cup, and the supercup. He played in 30 games and scored a strike in league. He participated in the supercup’s 2-0 victory against KS Elbasani and he also participated in the 1-0 win against Vllaznia during the semi-final of the Albanian Cup.
Ervin Bulku Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Association Football Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Ervin Bulku is one of the richest Association Football Player from Albania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ervin Bulku 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Bulku was able to make his debut international appearance, in the Albania national football team under 18 in 1999 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying starting match on the 24th of November 1998, against Liechtenstein the match ended as 1-1.
Bulku was born in Tirana, Albania. Bulku was the second son of the family following Sokol. Bulku, who was a former footballer of KF Tirana who played with him between 1998 and 2004 and is currently the director for the KF Tirana under 19s Squad.
Bulku was part of Albania national football team since 2002 when he made his first debut under coach Sulejman Demollari on 17 April 2002 against Andorra, coming on as a substitute in place of Altin Rraklli in the 54th minute in a 2–0 loss. He made another 2 appearances in the same year.
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After 6 months as a free agent, in August 2010 he signed for Croatian side Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL. He made it his first debut with the team on 16 September 2010 in a match valid for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage against AEK Athens, where Bulku played in the starting line up and substituted off after 81 minutes for Dinko Trebotić, as the match finished in the 3–1 loss. He made it his league debut on 19 September 2010 against Rijeka, where the match finished in the 0–1 away victory and Bulku played 83 minutes, as he got substituted off for Mirko Oremuš in the 83rd minute. He played second match in the UEFA Europa League 2010–11 group stage on 30 September 2010, in the 1–0 victory over Anderlecht. Bulku played the full 90 minutes on 4 November 2010 in the 2–3 home defeat against Zenit St. Petersburg in the UEFA Europa League 2010–11 group stage. At the club he was important part of the starting line up in the league matches, as he played in total of 15 matches where 12 as a starter, where he got substituted off 6 times, and only 3 as a substitute. In the UEFA Europa League he made in total 4 appearances. In the end of the 2010–11 season, Hajduk finished as runners-up.
Facts & Trivia
Ervin Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Albania. Ervin Bulku celebrates birthday on March 3 of every year.
At the end of June 2011 Bulku signed with AZAL of the Azerbaijan Premier League. Bulku made his debut for AZAL on 7 August 2011 against Simurq, going on to score his first goal for the club 3 games later against Neftchi Baku on 27 August 2011. In total Bulku made 22 league appearances for the club scoring three goals.