Erbim Fagu

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Erbim Fagu
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1993–2004 Tirana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2008 Tirana 29 (1)
2006–2007 → Teuta (loan) 15 (1)
2008–2009 Elbasani 14 (2)
2009–2010 Besa 32 (0)
2010–2014 Skënderbeu 57 (1)
Total147(5)
International career
2005–2006 Albania U19 3 (1)
2006–2007 Albania U21 6 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Akademia e Futbollit
2017–2020 Football Republic
2021–2022 Tirana (assistant)
2021–2022 Tirana U-21
2023–2024 RKVV DEM
2024 Tirana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erbim Fagu (born 15 April 1987) is an Albanian professional football coach and a former defender. He retired from football at the early age of 27 due to numerous injuries. [1] After retiring from playing football Erbim Fagu started his career as a coach. His beginnings as a coach were in the Akademia Futbollit created by two former national team players Alban Bushi and Redi Jupi. During his journey to this academy, he grew professionally and won his first trophies as a coach. After two years in this academy, Erbim Fagu was transferred to one of the best football academies in Albania, Football Republic, which was created in 2018 by Redi Jupi, with whom they had worked together before in the Akademia e Futbollit. In three years Erbim Fagu won many trophies making this academy one of the most famous in Albania. In June 2021 Erbim Fagu signed a three-year contract with the team of Tirana. He was appointed as an assistant coach in the first team and head coach Tirana U-21. http://www.mcntv.al/2021/06/28/trajneri-34-vje-ar-rikthehet-te-tirana-em-rohet-n-stolin-e-bardhebluve This year he won the title of 26th champion with the first team. https://euronews.al/kryesore/2022/05/07/tirana-shpallet-kampione-pas-fitores-ne-derbi-me-partizanin/. After winning Kategoria Superiore with Tirana travels abroad to the Netherlands and continue his career there. Now he works as a head coach at Coerver Coaching Netherlands, one of the best academies which stands out for its training methodology for young players. He is also started working as a head coach in RKVV DEM U-14.

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Club career

Fagu was signed by KF Elbasani in the summer of 2008 after agreeing on a fee believed to be around $120,000 with their fierce rivals KF Tirana. He signed for Dinamo Tirana after KF Elbasani were relegated after the 2008–09 season. Following the club's defeat and elimination from the Europa League, Fagu signed for Besa Kavajë and this year won the Albania Cup and runner-up in Albania Superliga. One year later, Fagu signed for Skenderbeu Korce and won the Albania Superliga four times in a row.

Skënderbeu Korçë

On 16 May 2011, the final day of the 2010–11 season, he suffered an injury causing distortive trauma in his left knee. He quickly traveled to Rome, Italy to see a specialist about the extent of the damage and then, on 28 May, had his knee operated on. Following the operation he continued regular physiotherapy which would enable him to begin training again in three months, but he was expected to not be able to play for at least another five months. [2] Fagu made his long-awaited return on 12 November 2011 during the international break in a friendly against FK Renova.

International career

In May 2012, Fagu was called up for the first time in senior team by the coach Gianni De Biasi for the friendly matches against Qatar and Iran. [3]

Style of play

He was a very versatile player. He was skillful from a technical standpoint, Fagu was a physically strong, consistent, aggressive, and hard-tackling defender, with an extremely high work rate; he also possessed a powerful shot, and quick reactions, as well as an excellent positional sense and good anticipation, which enabled him to excel in this position; in his prime, he was widely regarded as one of the best right back in Albania. He has played in defense, midfield, and as a forward, mainly on the right-hand side. During his time at Besa Kavajë, he mainly played as a right full-back but also in midfield. In Skënderbeu Korçë he plays right full-back. [4]

Honours

Club

KF Tirana
Besa Kavajë
Skënderbeu Korçë

Training career

From 2015 to 2018 have trained at Akademia Futbollit Academy. From 2018 to 2021 have trained at Football Republic Redi Jupi Academy. He trains age levels from 7 years old to 19 years old. In 2021 Fagu signed with KF.Tirana as head coach u-21 and assistant coach in the first team http://www.mcntv.al/2021/06/28/trajneri-34-vje-ar-rikthehet-te-tirana-em-rohet-n-stolin-e-bardhebluve .In 2022 he traveled to the Netherlands to live there and now he works as a head coach at Coerver Coaching Netherlands, one of the best academies which stands out for its training methodology for young players. He recently started working as a head coach in RKVV DEM u-14. [5]

Honours

•AKADEMIA FUTBOLLIT

•FOOTBALL REPUBLIC

•KF.TIRANA

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References

  1. ↑ "Fagu: Unë, fatin e Van Bastenit, tani see di çfarë do të bëj!". Sport Ekspres (in Albanian). 22 January 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fagu pese muaj larg fushave". Futbolli Shqiptar (in Albanian). 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Kombëtarja/ Fagu & Veliaj zëvëndësojn Muzakën & Telin". Albania Soccer (in Albanian). 19 May 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Fagu Profile
  5. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Mans Life – Erbim Fagu – via YouTube.
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