Indrit Fortuzi

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Indrit Fortuzi (Zogu)
Personal information
Full name Indrit Shaban Fortuzi
Date of birth (1973-11-23) 23 November 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 Saloniki 26 (6)
2007–2008 Tirana 27 (7)
Total352(176)
International career
1992–2002 Albania [1] 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.

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Club career

Nicknamed Zogu (bird), [2] he has also played for Dinamo Tirana and in Greece for Iraklis and Apollon Athens. [3] 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. [4]

Personal life

He is married to Junida Hoxha, and together they have two children, named Ketlin(Catlyn) and Rajan(Ryan). [5] Fortuzi went in politics and was mayor of one of Tirana's municipalities in 2012.

Fortuzi and his wife suddenly left Albania in 2015, reportedly after losing large sums of money in gambling and/or because of alleged fraud with airline tickets committed by his wife. [6] In May 2017, Junida was in absentia sentenced to 3,5 years in prison for the fraud with her Just Travel agency. [7]

They later resurfaced in Canada, where Fortuzi is currently working as a coach for the ProStars Football Club in Brampton, Ontario. [8]

Honours

KF Tirana

Statistics

Clubs

SeasonTeamMatchesGoals
1991–92 Dinamo Tirana 309
1992–93 Dinamo Tirana 266
1993–94 KF Tirana 2410
1994–95 KF Tirana 2718
1995–96 KF Tirana 63
1996–97 KF Tirana 158
1997–98 KF Tirana 1215
1998–00 Apollon Athens 562
2000–01 KF Tirana 2530
2001–02 KF Tirana 2424
2002–03 KF Tirana 95
2003–04 KF Tirana 3120
2004–05 KF Tirana 1412
2005–07 Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. 267
2007–08 KF Tirana 277
TOTAL352176

International

Albania national football team
YearsAppsGoals
199220
199370
199430
199520
199620
199710
1998–1999––
200010
200120
200251
Total251

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References

  1. ↑ International Caps
  2. ↑ Zbulohet Indrit Fortuzi, shikoni ku ka përfunduar “Zogu” i bardhebluve – Panorama (in Albanian)
  3. ↑ "Stats Centre: Indrit Fortuzi Facts". guardian.touch-line.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Indrit Fortuzi: Ju prezantoj familjen time të bukur". Story.al. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Indrit Fortuzi “zhduket” me familjen, humbi shuma të mëdha në bixhoz – Panorama (in Albanian)
  7. ↑ 3.5 vite burg për gruan e ish- futbollistit të njohur – Telegraf (in Albanian)
  8. ↑ Welcome Indrit Fortuzi as a new coach to Prostars FC – Pro Stars Soccer


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