| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 August 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, PR Albania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Albania U21 (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tirana | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Tirana | 27 | (24) |
| 1994 | → Szegedi (loan) | 20 | (7) |
| 1994–1995 | → FC Remscheid (loan) | ||
| 1996 | → Flamurtari Vlorë (loan) | 16 | (7) |
| 1997 | Apollon Smyrni | 13 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Litex Lovech | 37 | (14) |
| 1999–2000 | Adanaspor | 29 | (10) |
| 2000–2005 | İstanbulspor | 96 | (26) |
| 2001–2003 | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Partizani Tirana | 14 | (5) |
| 2005–2010 | Levadiakos | 49 | (9) |
| 2006–2008 | → Apollon Kalamarias (loan) | 41 | (13) |
| 2010 | Tirana | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 359 | (118) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Albania U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–2007 | Albania | 67 | (14) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015 | Albania U16 | ||
| 2016– | Albania U21 | ||
| 2017– | Albania U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alban Bushi (born 20 August 1973) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Albania under-21 and under-20 team. He is nicknamed "Loku".[1]
A forward, Bushi played for 12 different clubs in six different countries during his 19-year career.[2] He started his career with capital club Tirana where he had an impressive goal-per-game ratio; he also had three short spells on loan with Szegedi in Hungary, FC Remscheid in Germany and Flamurtari Vlorë in Albania. He then went off to Greece to play for a short time at Apollon Smyrni. Following that he enjoyed a decent time at Litex Lovech before spending the next four years in Turkey by representing Adanaspor, İstanbulspor, and Trabzonspor.
Bushi returned to Albania in summer of 2004 to play for one season with Partizani Tirana before returning to Greece, where he would spend the next five years at Levadiakos. At the end of his career, Bushi returned to Albania once again to represent Tirana, stating that it was a "moral debt" to end his career where it started. He retired from football in November 2010.
Bushi also had a successful international career, being part of Albania national team for 12 years. With 14 goals, he was Albania's all-time leading top scorer from 2004 until Erjon Bogdani overtook him in 2011.[3] He retired from international football in 2007.