Indrit Fortuzi

{{short description|Albanian footballer}} {{Expand Greek|topic=bio|Ίντριτ Φορτούζι|date=April 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Indrit Fortuzi (Zogu) | image = | caption = | fullname = Indrit Shaban Fortuzi | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tirana, PR Albania | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1990–1993 | clubs1 = Dinamo Tirana | caps1 = 56 | goals1 = 15 | years2 = 1993–1998 | clubs2 = Tirana | caps2 = 84 | goals2 = 54 | years3 = 1997–2000 | clubs3 = Apollon Athens | caps3 = 56 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2000–2005 | clubs4 = Tirana | caps4 = 99 | goals4 = 91 | years5 = 2005–2007 | clubs5 = Iraklis | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = Tirana | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 7 | totalcaps = 352 | totalgoals = 176 | nationalyears1 = 1992–2002 | nationalteam1 = Albania{{cn|date=October 2025}} | nationalcaps1= 25 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | manageryears1 = 2009 | managerclubs1 = Skënderbeu }}

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

==Club career== Nicknamed ''Zogu'' (bird),<ref>[http://www.panorama.com.al/foto-zbulohet-indrit-fortuzi-shikoni-ku-ka-perfunduar-zogu-i-bardhebluve/ Zbulohet Indrit Fortuzi, shikoni ku ka përfunduar “Zogu” i bardhebluve] – Panorama {{in lang|sq}}</ref> he has also played for Dinamo Tirana and in Greece for Iraklis and Apollon Athens.<ref>{{cite news|work=guardian.touch-line.com |title=Stats Centre: Indrit Fortuzi Facts |url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=128501&pStr=Player |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007172659/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=128501&pStr=Player |archive-date=7 October 2010 }}</ref> He is the best scorer of all time for Tirana 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 Albania 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 Andorra.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=6177|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>

==Personal life== He is married and has children, named Ketlin(Catlyn) and Rajan(Ryan).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.story.al/vip/356-indrit-fortuzi-ju-prezantoj-familjen-time-te-bukur|title=Indrit Fortuzi: Ju prezantoj familjen time të bukur|date=30 April 2013|work=Story.al|access-date=25 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112231224/http://www.story.al/vip/356-indrit-fortuzi-ju-prezantoj-familjen-time-te-bukur|archive-date=12 November 2013}}</ref> 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, 2000, 2002, 2003 *Albanian Cup:(4) 1993–94, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02

==Statistics==

===Clubs=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Team ! Matches ! Goals |- |1991–92||Dinamo Tirana||30||9 |- |1992–93||Dinamo Tirana||26||6 |- |1993–94||KF Tirana||24||10 |- |1994–95||KF Tirana||27||18 |- |1995–96||KF Tirana||6||3 |- |1996–97||KF Tirana||15||8 |- |1997–98||KF Tirana||12||15 |- |1998–00||Apollon Athens||56||2 |- |2000–01||KF Tirana||25||30 |- |2001–02||KF Tirana||24||24 |- |2002–03||KF Tirana||9||5 |- |2003–04||KF Tirana||31||20 |- |2004–05||KF Tirana||14||12 |- |2005–07||Iraklis||26||7 |- |2007–08||KF Tirana||27||7 |- |'''TOTAL'''||||'''352'''||'''176''' |}

===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Albania national football team |- ! Years !! Apps !! Goals |- | 1992 || 2 || 0 |- | 1993 || 7 || 0 |- | 1994 || 3 || 0 |- | 1995 || 2 || 0 |- | 1996 || 2 || 0 |- | 1997 || 1 || 0 |- | 1998–1999 || – || – |- | 2000 || 1 || 0 |- | 2001 || 2 || 0 |- | 2002 || 5 || 1 |- !Total || 25 || 1 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=10544}}

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