Indrit Fortuzi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Indrit Shaban Fortuzi | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, PR Albania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | Dinamo Tirana | 56 | (15) |
| 1993–1998 | Tirana | 84 | (54) |
| 1997–2000 | Apollon Athens | 56 | (2) |
| 2000–2005 | Tirana | 99 | (91) |
| 2005–2007 | Iraklis | 26 | (6) |
| 2007–2008 | Tirana | 27 | (7) |
| Total | 352 | (176) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2002 | Albania[citation needed] | 25 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009 | Skënderbeu | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Indrit Shaban Fortuzi (born 23 November 1973) is an Albanian retired national football forward who has played almost all his career for Tirana.
Nicknamed Zogu (bird),[1] he has also played for Dinamo Tirana and in Greece for Iraklis and Apollon Athens.[2] He is the best scorer of all time for Tirana and the third scorer of all time for Albanian Superliga with 167 goals.
International career
One of the biggest talents to emerge from Albanian football in the 1990s, Fortuzi made his debut for Albania in June 1992 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Lithuania in Tirana and earned a total of 25 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was an April 2002 friendly loss at Andorra.[3]
Personal life
He is married and has children, named Ketlin(Catlyn) and Rajan(Ryan).[4] Fortuzi went in politics and was mayor of one of Tirana's municipalities in 2011.
