Perlat Musta (born 15 October 1958) is an

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former

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. He has been considered by many pundits in Albania as one of the greatest goalkeepers in Albania. In December 2018 he was honoured for his services to Albanian football, alongside

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and

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Early life

Perlat Musta was born in

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on 15 October 1958 into a family which did not have "strong" connections with football. He began to show his liking for football at the age of 10, and unlike his coevals, Musta's favourite position was goalkeeper.

Club career

Musta was a product of

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academy, and was promoted to senior squad in 1979 and went on to play there until 1991. In January 1991, he scored from the penalty spot in a league match against Luftëtari. He left Albania in 1991 like many Albanians following the

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, joining Romanian side

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. He failed to establish himself as a regular at Dinamo because of the two Romanian international goalkeepers,

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and

Florin Tene Florin Alexandru Tene (born 10 November 1968) is a retired Romanian footballer and current goalkeeper coach at Neftchi Baku. Club career Florin Tene was born on 10 November 1968 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play junior level football a ...

. He played only two matches in his first season at

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in his first season, but he managed to win his first and only Champion of Romania title. He was loaned to Progresul București, but returned to Dinamo București. In 1994 he returned to Partizani Tirana where he played as starter in the next two seasons and also served as goalkeeper Coach.

International career

Musta had a successful youth international career, winning

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twice in 1978 and 1981. He made his senior debut for

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in a September 1981

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match against

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and earned a total of 23 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 1993 World Cup qualification against

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. He was also once the captain of the team in a match against

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, which took place in 1987 on the Steaua Stadium.

International career statistics

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Personal life

His daughter Aulona Musta is an Albanian blogger and social media celebrity.Perlat Musta: Ja kur më ka zhgënjyer për herë të parë vajza ime Aulona
– Panorama

Honours

Club

;Partizani Tirana *

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: 1978–79, 1980–81, 1986–87 *

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 ...

: 1979–80, 1990–91 ;Dinamo București *

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: 1991–92

International

;Albania U21 *

: 1978, 1981

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Musta, Perlat 1958 births Living people Footballers from Vlorë Albanian footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Albania men's international footballers FK Partizani Tirana players FC Dinamo București players FC Progresul București players Liga I players Albanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Romania Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Albanian football managers FK Partizani Tirana managers FC Kamza managers