Indrit Shaban Fortuzi (born 23 November 1973) is an Albanian retired national football forward who has played almost all his career for

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Club career

Nicknamed ''Zogu'' (bird), he has also played for Dinamo Tirana and in

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for Iraklis and Apollon Athens. 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

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in June 1992 FIFA World Cup qualification match against

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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 and has children, named Ketlin(Catlyn) and Rajan(Ryan). Fortuzi went in politics and was mayor of one of Tirana's municipalities in 2011.

Honours

KF Tirana

* Albanian Superliga:(5) 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04 * Albanian Supercup:(4)

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, 2002,

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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

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* 1973 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Albania men's international footballers Kategoria Superiore players Super League Greece players FC Dinamo City players KF Tirana players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Albanian football managers KF Skënderbeu Korçë managers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Canada {{Albania-footy-forward-stub