Gerti Shima (born 9 May 1986 in

Tirana Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

) is an Albanian professional

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player who currently plays for Albanian side KB Tirana in the

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. Shima transferred for the second time to

Sigal Prishtina Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina (English: ''Basketball Club Prishtina''), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina. The team currently competes in the IP Superl ...

in January 2016. He made a big comeback to his hometown club, where he has been playing professionally since he was 15 years old, KB Tirana on 3 November 2016.He retired from basketball in September 2021,after he was elected in position of Secretary General in Albania National Olympic Committee. In 2006 he scored 91 points in a game with Valbona against Partizani, a league record that stood for ten years until Genti Lasku scored 100.

Career

Shima returned to Kosovo in September 2012 after securing a transfer to

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, signing a one-year contract. On 10 August 2015, Shima signed one-year contract for

KB Bashkimi Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi, also known as K.B Bashkimi or simply Bashkimi , is a professional basketball team based in Prizren, Kosovo. Bashkimi is the oldest basketball team in Kosovo and competes in the top professional men's basketball leag ...

., but on 8 January 2016 he left

. On 11 January 2016, he signed one-year contract for

.Zyrtarizohet Shima te Prishtina
/ref> On 3 November 2016, he made a come back to SK.Tirana. Shima played from 2001 in the national team and he is also the Capitan of Albania national team. From September 2021 he is in position of Secretary General at Albania Olympic Committee

Achievements

* Albanian A-1 League: 9 :BC Valbona: 2004-05, 2005-06 : PBC Tirana:2002-03 2007-08 ,2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 2016-2017 ,2017-18 Kosova league 2 *

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: 2012-2013

: 2015-2016 * Basketball Cup: 8 : PBC Tirana: 2001-2002 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 2016-17

BC Valbona BC Kamza Basket is an Albanian basketball team that plays in the Albanian Basketball League. They were previously named BC Valbona Bajram Curri and based in the northern city of Tropoja, but relocated to Kamez in 2010. Domestic achievements * ...

2004-05,2005–06 Kosova Cup 2015-2016 (Sigal Prishtina) *

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: 7 : PBC Tirana:2008 2009, 2010, 2011 2017

2004-05, 2005–06

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: 1 2015-2016 (Sigal Prishtina)

References

External links

* https://cijm.org.gr/gerti-shima-appointed-general-secretary-of-the-albanian-olympic-committee/ https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113231/shima-new-koksh-secretary-general
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* 1986 births Living people Albanian men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) KB Peja players Bashkimi Prizren players KB Prishtina players Basketball players from Tirana {{Albania-basketball-bio-stub