Erbim Fagu

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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Tirana 29 (1)
2006–2007Teuta (loan) 15 (1)
2008–2009 Elbasani 14 (2)
2009–2010 Besa 32 (0)
2010–2014 Skënderbeu 57 (1)
Total 147 (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.

  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.