Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Kavajë, Albania | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bylis | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011– | Besa Kavajë | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Besa | 3 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Kastrioti | 16 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Egnatia | 34 | (0) |
2023 | Bylis | 0 | (0) |
2024 | Erzeni | 3 | (0) |
2024– | Bylis | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Albania U17 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2015 |
Bruno Puja (born 20 January 2000) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Albanian club Bylis. [1]
Puja started his youth career at age 11 with hometown club Besa Kavajë. He joined the U-13 team on 1 September 2011. During the 2015–16 season he played for the U-19 team in Albanian Superliga U-19 group B. [2]
He made his professional debut at age 15 with Besa Kavajë under coach Dorjan Bubeqi in the 2015–16 Albanian Cup match against Laçi on 16 September 2015, coming on as a substitute at half-time in place of Klajdo Arkaxhiu. The match finished in a 1–3 loss. [3]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe [a] | Other [b] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Besa Kavajë | 2015–16 | Albanian First Division | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
Following his professional debut with Besa Kavajë in September 2015, Puja was immediately called up at Albania national under-17 football team by coach Džemal Mustedanagić to participate in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 October 2015. [5] He played two full 80-minute matches on two first match-days against Switzerland U17 and Netherlands U17, but Albania U17 lost both matches. [6] For the closing match against Wales U17 he was an unused substitute and the coach Džemal Mustedanagić left his place to fellow goalkeeper Everest Braçe. [7]
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