Alban Dragusha (born 11 December 1981) is a Kosovar

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retired defender.

Playing career

Club

Born in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

(formerly in

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, now

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

), during his career he represented Kosovar clubs such as

KF KEK FC KEK (FC KEK) is a football club based in Obilić, Kosovo. It was founded in 1928 and for most of the time played in the second tier, the First Football League of Kosovo, having reached promotion to Kosovo highest level in 2018.FC KEK won the K ...

, KF Kosova Prishtinë and

KF Trepça Klubi Futbollistik Trepça, commonly known as KF Trepça, is a football club based in the southern part of Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club was founded in 1932.Alo!: KF Trepça is the first Kosovo Football club to gain promotion in to the Yugosl ...

, and also numerous clubs abroad, such as Ukrainian

FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The clu ...

, Azerbeijani

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, Albanian clubs

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and

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, and Swedish side

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. While playing with Besa Kavajë, he was suspended for two years after being taken for doping after a match against a

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n team

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in the UEFA Cup on 19 July 2007. Later, he re-signed for Besa Kavajë after he was released from the contract with

. He has won the National Cup with Besa Kavajë.

International

He was part of the team representing

in 2005.

Honours

'Besa ' *

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

(1): 2009–10

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dragusha, Alban 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Pristina Kosovo Albanians Association football defenders Kosovan footballers Yugoslav footballers KF KEK players KF Kosova VR Prishtinë players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Baku players KF Besa Kavajë players KF Trepça players KF Skënderbeu Korçë players Kalmar FF players KF Vushtrria players FC Drita players Kosovan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate footballers in Albania Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate footballers in Sweden Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Doping cases in association football Kosovan football managers KF KEK managers