Bruno Puja

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Bruno Puja
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Kavajë, Albania
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bylis
Youth career
2011– Besa Kavajë
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Besa 3 (0)
2018–2021 Kastrioti 16 (0)
2021–2023 Egnatia 34 (0)
2023– Bylis 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Albania U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2023
‡ 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]

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Club career

Early career

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]

Besa Kavajë

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 October 2017 [4]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe [lower-alpha 1] Other [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Besa Kavajë 2015–16 Albanian First Division —10——10
2016–17 1000——10
2017–18 00———00
Total1010——20
Career total1010——20
  1. ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

International career

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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References

  1. ↑ Bruno Puja at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Bruno Puja Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine FSHF profile
  3. ↑ Besa Kavajë vs. Laçi - 16 September 2015 Soccerway
  4. ↑ Bruno Puja at Soccerway
  5. ↑ Kombëtarja U-17, vazhdon përgatitjet FSHF.org
  6. ↑ Bruno Puja – UEFA competition record ( archive )
  7. ↑ Bruno Puja matches at Soccerway
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