Indrit Shaban Fortuzi (born 23 November 1973) is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n retired national football forward who has played almost all his career for

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 ...

Club career

Nicknamed ''Zogu'' (bird), he has also played for

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and in

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for Iraklis and

Apollon Athens Apollon Smyrnis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Απόλλων Σμύρνης), or in its full name Gymnasticos Syllogos Apollon Smyrnis ( el, links=no, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης, ''Gymnastics Club Apollon o ...

. He is the best scorer of all time for

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

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

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Personal life

He is married to Junida Hoxha, and together they have two children, named Ketlin(Catlyn) and Rajan(Ryan). Fortuzi went in politics and was mayor of one of Tirana's municipalities in 2012. Fortuzi and his wife suddenly left Albania in 2015, reportedly after losing large sums of money in gambling and/or because of alleged fraud with airline tickets committed by his wife. In May 2017, Junida was in absentia sentenced to 3,5 years in prison for the fraud with her ''Just Travel'' agency. They later resurfaced in Canada, where Fortuzi is currently working as a coach for the ProStars Football Club in

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Honours

KF Tirana

* Albanian Superliga:(5) 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 2002–03, 2003–04 *

Albanian Supercup The Albanian Supercup is a single match usually at the beginning of the season between the winners of the Kategoria Superiore and Albanian Cup. Supercup final was not played in the occasions when the champion team won the Double. However, after ...

:(4)

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, 2002, 2003 * Albanian Cup:(4) 1993-94, 1995-96, 2000-01, 2001-02

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Clubs

International

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* 1973 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian footballers Association football midfielders Albania international footballers Kategoria Superiore players Super League Greece players FK Dinamo Tirana players KF Tirana players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players Albanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Albanian football managers KF Skënderbeu Korçë managers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Canada {{Albania-footy-forward-stub