List of Albania international footballers born outside Albania

This is a list of Albania international footballers who were born outside Albania. Players born in countries outside Albania including those born in diaspora may qualify for the Albania team through Albanian parents or grandparents, or through residency in Albania and subsequent naturalisation as Albanian citizens.

In the Treaty of London (1913) the newly Independent Albania left territories in neighbouring countries with substantial Albanian minorities. As mentioned above, the Republic of Albania and the Albanian Football Association opened their ways to footballers of Albanian descent even born outside the territories. In fact the first footballer born outside Albania to represent the national side was Italian ethnic goalkeeper Giacomo Poselli which was born in Greece and debuted in the 1946 Balkan Cup a competition which Albania won. Instead the first Albanian origin footballer was fellow goalkeeper Arjan Beqaj born in Prizren of Kosovo, which at the time was playing for Albanian Superliga competers Partizani Tirana and managed his debut in 1998. It was succeeded by fellow Kosovan born Besnik Hasi two years later and by another Kosovan origin Lorik Cana after another two years, as both midfielders became captains subsequently during their last years and Cana himself holds the record for most appearances with a tally of 93. All 4 upcomers were managed by German coach Hans-Peter Briegel in his arrival in 2003, which himself managed another upcomings especially from his country's championship Bundesliga bringing 3 components Mehmet Dragusha in 2003 and Bekim Kastrati & Besart Berisha in 2006, but also the duo of Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava defenders Armend Dallku and Debatik Curri.

List of players Players with flags in front of their name are players who represented Albania, but now represent another national team. A light red background indicates the most recent match. +Key*Current internationalsCapsAppearancesPosPositionsGKGoalkeeperDFDefenderMFMidfielderFWForward Capped players

NamePlace of birthOriginCapsGoalsFirst capLast cap PrishtinaGjakovaDF93120032016 PrishtinaPrishtinaGK83020122026* ZürichBujanocDF76120152026* VushtrriVushtrriDF64120052013 StarnbergShtimeMF52120182026* BischofszellGjakovaMF51120132024* HanauIstogDF50320122019 MajacMajacDF50320182026* AthensMemaliajGK47020172026* GjilanGjilanMF45520132022* RenensPrizrenDF45020152023* ZürichTetovëMF45720212026* PrishtinaPrishtinaDF44120062014 PrizrenPrizrenGK43019982011 GjakovaGjakovaMF43220002007 BaselPodujevëDF41120142026* SloughKoplikFW37720202026* AthensVermoshDF36020212026* LausanneSuharekëMF34320132019 BaselPodujevëMF31120142019* KumanovëKumanovëMF28320192026* GjakovaGjakovaMF27020122017 Peschiera del GardaShkodërDF27020192026* HeidelbergIstogFW27220242026* ShkupiShkupiFW26620232026* Caldes de MalavellaTiranaDF24020172026* RhodesPogradecDF21020182025* VushtrriVushtrriGK20020092013 KumanovëKumanovëDF19020152025* PërlepnicëPërlepnicëFW19120232026* PrishtinaPrishtinaFW17120062009 ZürichKlinaFW17120132016* MitrovicaMitrovicaMF15320132015 GjakovaGjakovaMF13120172019* ScandianoKamenicëDF13120182021* PrishtinaPrishtinaMF11120032005 VushtrriVushtrriFW8020102013 IslingtonBurrelMF8120232026* LondonVushtrriMF8020252026* ThessalonikiVlorë GK7019461948 MitrovicaSkënderajMF7220122015 PorsgrunnDrenasMF6020142016 IstogIstogFW6020162017* CataniaRubikMF6120182019* San Severino MarcheVlorëFW6020182022* FredericiaPodujevëMF6020222024* PrishtinaPrishtinaMF5020172017* ÅmålMitrovicaDF5020182018* MitrovicaMitrovicaFW5020232023* PejaPejaMF4020172018* NamurKumanovëMF4020192020* FreisingPejaFW4020232023* MünsingenKaçanikMF4020242025*Cristian Shpendi AnconaPukëFW4020252026*Stavros Pilios RhodesDropullDF4020262026* VushtrriVushtrriDF3020072007 PodujevëPodujevëMF3020132013 PrizrenPrizrenFW3020182018* LangenthalOhërDF3020222022 PejaPejaFW2020062006 BinningenPreshevëDF2020142014 PristinaSkënderajDF2120142015 VushtrriVushtrriMF2020162016 OhërOhërMF2020172017* FerizajFerizajMF2020182018* ZadarMirditëDF2020182018* IoanninaDelvinëDF2020222022*Bujar Pllana MitrovicaMitrovicaDF2020262026*Luis Hasa SoraPeqinMF2020262026* GjakovaGjakovaDF1020112011 IstogIstogMF1020122012 LausanneSuharekëMF1020132013 PreshevëPreshevëDF1020152015 PrishtinaMedvegjëMF1020172017* ConeglianoFierDF1020202020* PrizrenPrizrenMF1020222022* IoanninaLushnjëDF1020222022* MouscronShkodërMF1020242024*Maldini Kacurri LewishamLezhëDF1020252025*Samuele Sina IseoLushnjëDF1020262026*

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External links Albania international footballers of all-time at EU-Football.info - National football teams of Europe Albania national football team at National-Football-Teams.com FSHF.org Albania national team at Soccerway