Gerti Shima (born 9 May 1986 in

Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, 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 ov ...

) Secretary General of NOC Albania from 2021, an Albanian former professional

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player who last played for Albanian side

KB Tirana KB Tirana are an Albanian professional basketball team based in Tirana, which is the basketball branch of SK Tirana. They compete in the Albanian Basketball Superleague and in the Liga Unike. The club plays its home domestic games at the Fari ...

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 Kosovo Sup ...

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

KB Peja Klubi i Basketbollit Peja ( English: ''Basketball Club Peja'') is a Kosovan professional basketball club based in Pejë. The club competes in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Kosovo Cup and Liga Unike. The team's roster has included big names ...

, 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 lea ...

., 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

. Shima played from 2001 in the national team where he was the captain of Albania national team. Since September 2021 he is in the position of Secretary General at Albania Olympic Committee

References

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Albanian Olympic CommitteeBalkan League ProfileReal GM ProfileEurobasket Profile
1986 births Living people Albanian men's basketball players Power forwards KB Peja players Bashkimi Prizren players KB Prishtina players Basketball players from Tirana Kamza Basket players KB Tirana players Albanian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Albanian expatriate basketball people in Kosovo 21st-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-basketball-bio-stub