Albi Dosti (born 13 September 1991) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Bevern. He has also been a member of Albania national team, making one appearance in 2014.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1991-09-13) 13 September 1991 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Fushë-Krujë, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SV Bevern | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2007 | Teuta Durrës | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2014 | Teuta Durrës | 120 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | Kukësi | 17 | (0) |
| 2015 | Montana | 12 | (0) |
| 2016 | Laçi | 15 | (0) |
| 2016 | Šibenik | 16 | (1) |
| 2017 | Bylis Ballsh | 8 | (1) |
| 2017 | Teuta Durrës | 8 | (1) |
| 2018– | SV Bevern | 12 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Albania U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Albania U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | Albania | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 August 2016 | |||
Dosti began his career with Teuta Durrës, making his debut at the age of 17. He has played over 6 league games for the club since making his debut in the 2007–08 season.
On 23 August 2013, Dosti joined fellow top flight side Kukësi by penning a 1+1 contract.[1]
On 16 July 2015, Dosti signed a two-year deal with the Bulgarian side Montana, a club which plays in the elite of Bulgarian football.[2] On 3 August, he made his A Group debut from the bench, coming into the game for Ivan Minchev in the 77th minute during the 2–1 loss against Litex Lovech at Lovech Stadium.[3]
On 27 January 2016, Dosti returned in Albania by signing a six-month contract with Laçi of Albanian Superliga, rejoining his first manager Stavri Nica.[4]
On 12 July 2016, Dosti completed a transfer to Croatian Second Football League side Šibenik, penning a one-year contract.[5] During an interview, he said that he turned down several offers from Albanian clubs just to play in Croatia, where, according to him, is shown proper attention to players.[5]
On 4 July 2017, Dosti returned to his first senior club Teuta Durrës by signing a contract for the 2017–18 season with an option to renew, taking the squad number 10.[6] This marked his return in Durrës after four years, and Dosti commented this by stating: "I'm very happy to be part of Teuta for the upcoming season. I promise that I'll extenuate that trust of Teuta directors on me."[7] Dosti started the season on 9 September by playing full-90 minutes in the opening match of 2017–18 Albanian Superliga against Luftëtari Gjirokastër which was won 2–1 at home.[8] His first score-sheet contributions came later on matchday 5, scoring his team's only goal in a 1–2 home loss to Partizani Tirana.[9] On 30 October, following the 2–1 defeat at Lushnja which was the fourth consecutive and fifth in six matches,[10] Dosti was released by the club due to bad performances and being tagged as one of culprits for the team crisis.[11]
In November 2017, following his release from Teuta, Dosti returned to Kukësi but only to train and is set to sign in January transfer window.[12]
In December 2017, Dosti signed for German club SV Bevern.[13]
On 8 June 2014, Dosti made his debut with Albania against San Marino at San Marino Stadium in Serravalle, replacing Armando Vajushi for the last 20 minutes of 3–0 away win.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Teuta Durrës | 2007–08 | Albanian Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2009–10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | |||
| 2010–11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Total | 120 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 147 | 11 | ||
| Kukësi (loan) | 2014–15 | Albanian Superliga | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| Montana | 2015–16 | Bulgarian First League | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Laçi | 2015–16 | Albanian Superliga | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Šibenik | 2016–17 | 2.HNL | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |
| Bylis Ballsh | 2016–17 | Albanian First Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
| Teuta Durrës | 2017–18 | Albanian Superliga | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |
| Career total | 196 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 235 | 16 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |