Vasil Shkurti (born Vassilis Skourtis-Shkurtaj; 27 February 1992) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for AEZ Zakakiou.
Club career Early years Born in Chania, Greece, to an ethnic Albanian family. Shkurti played youth football for four clubs, including Ajax, Olympiacos and Lazio. He arrived at the latter in January 2010 as compatriot Igli Tare acted as the club's director of football.
In the 2010–11 season, Shkurti made his senior debut, representing Panionios in his country of adoption but also being loaned by the Super League side to Thrasyvoulos in January 2011. Roughly one year later, he moved to Portugal with lowly Vilaverdense, and the following campaign he signed with Tondela in that nation's Segunda Liga, led by former Benfica and Portugal great Vítor Paneira.
Shkurti did not settle with any team in the following years, representing in quick succession Roda (Dutch Eredivisie), Niki Volos, Asteras Tripolis and Skoda Xanthi (all in the Greek top level) and Aris Limassol from the Cypriot First Division.
Luftëtari On 8 September 2017, Shkurti joined Albanian Superliga side Luftëtari on a one-year contract– as the transfer was done after the deadline, he remained ineligible to play for the club until the next transfer window. He made his competitive debut on 31 January 2018 in a 3–0 away loss against Laçi for the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Albanian Cup, and first appeared in the league four days later in the goalless draw to Lushnja.
Shkurti scored his first goals on 10 February 2018, in the 3–2 win at Teuta Durrës. On 1 March, he netted the lone goal at Flamurtari to help the team climb to sixth place, also giving them the first win at Vlorë in 40 years.
Kukësi On 3 January 2019, Shkurti moved to Kukësi on a two-year deal. He was presented the following day, alongside his former teammate Eduart Rroca.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPanionios2010–11Super League Greece3000——30Thrasyvoulos (loan)2010–11Football League7000——70Platanias2011–12Football League0000——00Vilaverdense2011–12Terceira Divisão14300——143Tondela2012–13Segunda Liga13240——172Roda2013–14Eredivisie8110——91Niki Volos2014–15Super League Greece10410——114Asteras Tripolis2014–15Super League Greece4000——402015–16Super League Greece512220—93Total91222000133Skoda Xanthi2015–16Super League Greece12000——120Aris Limassol2016–17Cypriot First Division18410——1642017–18Cypriot First Division1000——10Total194100000204Luftëtari2017–18Albanian Superliga15610——1662018–19Albanian Superliga1870020—74Total33131020003613Kukësi2018–19Albanian Superliga1657400—2392019–20Albanian Superliga30224120103723Total462711520106032Jiangxi Liansheng2020China League One10——20302021China League One81———81Total91000020111Kukësi2021–22Albanian Superliga9100——91Laçi2022–23Albanian Superliga0000——91Career total19257217603022264
Honours Kukësi Albanian Cup: 2018–19
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