Arbër Aliu (13 January 1988 – 29 June 2019) was an

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

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. He last played as a defender for

KF Erzeni Klubi i Futbollit Erzeni Shijak is an Albanian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), t ...

. He died on 29 June 2019 after a

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accident.

Club career

Before joining

, he was playing for

KF Tërbuni Pukë Klubi i Futbollit Tërbuni Pukë, also known as ''Tërbuni'', is an Albanian football club based in the city of Pukë. The club's home ground is the Ismail Xhemali Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria e Dytë. History Early yea ...

in the

Albanian Superliga Kategoria Superiore (), also known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons with internet service provider, Abissnet, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Albania. At the top of the Albanian football league syste ...

, and was previously on the books of

Partizani Tirana Futboll Klub Partizani is an Albanian professional football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizani's home ground is the newly built sta ...

References

1988 births 2019 deaths Footballers from Durrës Albanian men's footballers 21st-century Albanian sportsmen Men's association football defenders FK Partizani Tirana players FC Kamza players KS Turbina Cërrik players KF Skënderbeu Korçë players KF Tërbuni Pukë players KF Erzeni Shijak players {{Albania-footy-defender-stub