Gentian Muça
Gentian Muça (born 13 May 1987 in Tirana) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Albanian club Tirana. A product of the KF Tirana academy, he spent much of his early career in the lower leagues of Germany before returning to Albania, and indeed Tirana in 2008.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gentian Muça | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Bonner SC | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | SC Vahr-Blockdiek | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | Osterholz-Scharmbeck | 9 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Tirana | 14 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bylis Ballsh (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | → Dinamo Tirana (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2011 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 13 | (0) |
| 2012 | Flamurtari Vlorë | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2020 | Tirana | 143 | (15) |
| 2015 | → Kukësi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Kukësi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Tirana B | 14 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Prishtina | 10 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Tirana | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 266 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Albania U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2010 | Albania | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022– | Tirana U-21 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Following his return to Tirana, Muça spent one season on loan at Bylis Ballsh and another one at Dinamo Tirana, where he won the league for the first time in his career. After his successful spell at Dinamo Tirana, Muça returned to Tirana where he played during the 2010–11 season.
Then, his contract was not extended so he decided to join Vllaznia Shkodër where he played only in the first part of 2011–12 season before spending the other part at Flamurtari Vlorë. Following this, Tirana brought him back and even since that he become a regular member in the starting lineup, making more than 100 appearances in all competitions. During the summer of 2015 and 2016, he was loaned to Kukësi for the club's European campaign.
Muça represented Albania at youth level, playing for the under-19 in 2005. In 2009, he was called up for the first in the senior team where he made his unofficial debut against Kosovo.