Bruno Puja (born 20 January 2000) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Albanian club Kastrioti Krujë.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Kavajë, Albania | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kastrioti | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011– | Besa Kavajë | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Besa | 3 | (0) |
| 2018– | Kastrioti | 8 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Albania U17 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2015 | |||
Puja started his youth career at age 11 with hometown club Besa Kavajë. He joined the U-13 team on 1 September 2011. During the 2015–16 season he played for the U-19 team in Albanian Superliga U-19 group B.[1]
He made his first professional debut at age 15 with Besa Kavajë under coach Dorjan Bubeqi in the 2015–16 Albanian Cup match against Laçi on 16 September 2015, coming on as a substitute at half-time in place of Klajdo Arkaxhiu. The match finished in a 1–3 loss.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[lower-alpha 1] | Other[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Besa Kavajë | 2015–16 | Albanian First Division | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
Following his first professional debut with Besa Kavajë in September 2015, Puja was immediately called up at Albania national under-17 football team by coach Džemal Mustedanagić to participate in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification from 22–27 October 2015.[4] He played two full 80-minute matches on two first match-days against Switzerland U17 and Netherlands U17, but Albania U17 lost both matches.[5] For the closing match against Wales U17 he was an unused substitute and the coach Džemal Mustedanagić left his place to fellow goalkeeper Everest Braçe.[6]
KS Kastrioti Krujë – current squad | |
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