Indrit Fortuzi

Indrit Shaban Fortuzi (born 23 November 1973) is an Albanian retired national football forward who has played almost all his career for Tirana.

Indrit Fortuzi (Zogu)

Personal information
Full name	Indrit Shaban Fortuzi
Date of birth	(1973-11-23) 23 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Tirana, PR Albania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	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 Saloniki	26	(6)
2007–2008	Tirana	27	(7)
Total		352	(176)
International career
1992–2002	Albania[1]	25	(1)
Managerial career
2009	Skënderbeu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 and has children, named Ketlin(Catlyn) and Rajan(Ryan).^[5] Fortuzi went in politics and was mayor of one of Tirana's municipalities in 2011.

Honours

KF Tirana

• Albanian Superliga:(5) 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Albanian Supercup:(4) 1994, 2000, 2002, 2003
• Albanian Cup:(4) 1993–94, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02

Statistics

Clubs

Season	Team	Matches	Goals
1991–92	Dinamo Tirana	30	9
1992–93	Dinamo Tirana	26	6
1993–94	KF Tirana	24	10
1994–95	KF Tirana	27	18
1995–96	KF Tirana	6	3
1996–97	KF Tirana	15	8
1997–98	KF Tirana	12	15
1998–00	Apollon Athens	56	2
2000–01	KF Tirana	25	30
2001–02	KF Tirana	24	24
2002–03	KF Tirana	9	5
2003–04	KF Tirana	31	20
2004–05	KF Tirana	14	12
2005–07	Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.	26	7
2007–08	KF Tirana	27	7
TOTAL		352	176

International

Albania national football team
Years	Apps	Goals
1992	2	0
1993	7	0
1994	3	0
1995	2	0
1996	2	0
1997	1	0
1998–1999	–	–
2000	1	0
2001	2	0
2002	5	1
Total	25	1