List of Albania international footballers (1–24 caps)

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The List of Albania international footballers includes all the individual players who made between 1 and 24 appearances for Albania in the qualifiers of the UEFA European Football Championship, the FIFA World Cup, friendly matches as well as its participation in the Balkan Cup and in the Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament, from 1946 to the present.

Players

Stamps of Albania, 2006. 60th Anniversary of Victory at the Balkan Cup 2007 stamps of Albania-National Team 1946.jpg
Stamps of Albania, 2006. 60th Anniversary of Victory at the Balkan Cup

Below is a full-list of the players who have made between 1 and 24 appearances for Albania, as of 11 June 2016 after the match against Israel .

  Players that are still active
  Part of the squad that won the 1946 Balkan Cup [1]
  Part of the squad that won the 2000 Rothmans International Tournament [2]
RankPositionNameCareer Caps Goals
55
FW 1946–1958246
MF 2010–241
57 GK 1981–1993230
MF 2008–2013231
59 DF 1980–1985223
FW 1980–1994221
61 DF 1970–1981210
MF 1984–1990210
FW 2012–214
64
DF 1946–1953200
GK 2008–2013200
MF 1988–1996200
FW 1965–1973201
DF 1946–1952200
69
MF 1946–1950190
MF 1985–1997192
MF 1995–2006190
DF 2006–2013190
MF 2008–2013190
MF 2013–192
75
MF 1946–1952181
GK 1989–2002180
MF 1991–1997181
MF 2014–180
79
MF 1946–1950171
FW 1996–2002170
GK 2005–2011170
FW 2006–2009171
MF 2013–171
84 MF 1982–1987162
FW 1993–2000161
FW 2012–164
87 MF 1963–1970150
MF 1967–1976151
FW 1971–1981155
MF 1976–1985151
DF 1985–1990150
DF 1994–1996150
MF 2013–2015153
94 DF 1947–1957140
MF 1963–1967140
MF 1980–1985140
MF 1982–1987143
GK 2002–2006140
MF 2002–2006140
DF 2014–141
DF 2015–141
102
FW 1946–1952136
DF 1946–1950130
FW 1993–2003130
MF 1996–1999131
MF 1996–2002130
MF 2011–2016130
108 FW 1948–1952123
DF 1957–1965120
DF 1963–1970120
DF 1971–1974121
DF 2002–2006120
DF 2005–2013120
114
DF 1946–1958110
GK 1947–1953110
DF 1963–1965110
FW 1965–1971113
MF 1971–1976110
MF 1980–1984110
DF 1984–1993110
DF 1986–1993110
FW 1991–1994110
MF 2003–2005111
DF 2006–2011110
125 DF 1982–1985100
DF 1987–1989100
FW 1988–1995101
DF 1990–1997100
MF 1991–1995100
DF 2002–2005100
DF 2015–100
132
FW 1946–195094
GK 1964–196790
DF 1967–197190
DF 1970–197290
FW 1973–198391
MF 1986–199290
MF 1987–199691
MF 1995–200090
140
GK 1946–194880
FW 1949–195881
DF 1963–197180
MF 1964–197180
GK 1967–197380
DF 1971–197680
FW 1976–198180
DF 1982–198380
MF 1982–198380
MF 1995–199880
FW 2010–201380
DF 2015–80
152 FW 1963–196571
MF 1963–196570
GK 1971–197370
DF 1976–198171
DF 1980–199270
DF 1980–198170
FW 1988–199371
MF 1993–199670
MF 1995–199770
GK 1998; 2010–70
DF 2009–201370
MF 2012–201572
164
MF 1946–194860
DF 1949–195060
FW 1952–196361
DF 1970–197261
FW 1976–198260
GK 1976–198160
DF 1982–198560
FW 1987–198960
GK 1988–198960
DF 1991–199760
MF 1993–199660
FW 1995–200361
MF 2000–200560
MF 2006–201060
MF 2011–201461
MF 2014–201660
180 MF 1947–195050
GK 1950–196350
MF 1963–196750
FW 1963–196550
DF 1970–197150
MF 1980–198550
FW 1980–198350
FW 1981–198250
MF 1987–199250
MF 1990–199250
DF 1991–199750
GK 1993–199650
DF 1998–200351
DF 1999–200350
MF 1999–200050
DF 2002–200550
196 MF 194740
FW 1950–195340
FW 1963–196540
DF 1967–197340
GK 1967–197340
MF 1972–197640
DF 1983–198440
GK 1987–199040
DF 1987–199040
MF 1990–199140
DF 1990–199140
FW 1991–199540
DF 1995–199840
FW 1995–200041
FW 1996–199740
GK 1998–200040
MF 1998–200040
FW 2000–200241
DF 2011–201540
MF 201240
GK 2016–40
217
GK 194630
GK 1947–195030
FW 1949–195030
MF 1950–195230
DF 1952–195330
FW 1953–195830
FW 1957–196332
FW 1964–196730
FW 1964–196531
FW 1965–196730
MF 196730
MF 1972–197330
FW 1973–197630
MF 197330
FW 197330
DF 198130
MF 1986–198730
DF 1989–199030
FW 1989–199030
DF 1989–199030
FW 1989–199030
DF 199030
DF 1992–199530
MF 199230
GK 199230
MF 1992–199531
DF 1995–199630
MF 1995–199730
MF 199830
MF 200230
DF 200230
DF 2006–200730
DF 200730
FW 201330
MF 2013–30
GK 2014–30
FW 2015–31
MF 2016–30
255 MF 194720
FW 195020
GK 1957–196320
MF 1957–195821
DF 1957–195820
MF 1957–195820
FW 1965–196720
DF 1965–196720
FW 197120
DF 1971–197220
MF 197320
DF 1980–198220
FW 1980–198220
GK 1981–198220
MF 198320
MF 1984–198520
GK 198720
DF 199020
FW 199020
GK 199020
MF 199020
FW 1992–199420
MF 1992–199720
DF 199320
MF 1994–199520
FW 199520
FW 1995–199620
DF 1996–199720
MF 199621
MF 1999–200120
MF 200020
MF 200020
DF 200020
DF 200020
DF 200020
FW 200220
MF 200220
FW 2002–200320
MF 2002–200320
GK 200320
DF 200420
FW 200620
MF 200920
MF 2010–201220
MF 201320
DF 2014–201621
DF 201420
MF 201620
MF 2016–20
302
FW 194612
DF 194610
MF 194611
DF 194610
MF 194610
MF 194710
DF 195210
MF 195210
DF 195310
MF 195710
GK 195710
MF 195710
FW 195710
MF 195810
MF 195810
DF 196310
FW 196310
MF 196310
FW 196410
FW 196510
FW 196710
DF 196710
FW 197110
MF 197310
FW 197310
GK 197310
MF 197610
DF 197610
FW 198110
FW 198110
FW 198110
MF 198310
FW 198310
DF 198311
MF 198310
MF 198510
DF 198510
MF 198810
MF 198810
GK 198910
MF 198910
DF 199010
MF 199010
DF 199110
DF 199110
MF 199210
MF 199210
MF 199210
MF 199310
DF 199410
MF 199410
DF 199410
MF 199510
DF 199510
MF 199510
DF 199610
DF 199610
FW 199610
DF 199610
DF 199810
FW 199810
MF 200110
GK 200210
DF 200210
MF 200210
FW 200210
DF 200310
FW 200710
FW 200810
FW 200910
MF 201010
DF 201010
GK 201010
MF 201110
DF 201110
MF 201210
MF 201310
DF 201410
MF 201410
DF 201510
DF 2017–10

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