Migjen Basha

Migjen Basha

Personal information
Full name	Migjen Xhevat Basha
Date of birth	9 June 1987 (1987-06-09) (age 24)
Place of birth	Lausanne, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Torino (on loan from Atalanta)
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Lausanne	36	(4)
2006–2007	Lucchese	13	(0)
2007	→ Viareggio (loan)	15	(1)
2008–2009	Rimini	50	(3)
2009–2010	Frosinone	38	(5)
2010–	Atalanta	23	(0)
2011–	→ Torino (loan)	10	(0)
National team‡
	Switzerland U17	1	(0)
	Switzerland U19	7	(0)
	Switzerland U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 July 2011

Migjen Xhevat Basha (born 9 June 1987) is an Albanian-Swiss footballer who plays for Torino on loan from Atalanta. Former teams include Frosinone, Italy, and Lausanne, Switzerland.

Early life

Basha was born in Lausanne and his parents were originally from Suva Reka in Kosovo, then Yugoslavia.^[1] He went to Suva Reka for the first time in his early childhood to learn Albanian and went to school there for two to three years.^[1]

Basha started career at Lausanne. He moved to Italy for Lucchese at age of 18. In summer 2009, the club swapped him with Michele Ischia.

In June 2010, newly relegated Serie B team Atalanta acquired his services from Frosinone.^[2] One year later he went on loan to Torino F.C. in Serie B.^[3]

International

Although capped for Switzerland at youth levels, Basha declared that he wanted to play for Albania.^[4] He has already applied for Albanian passport in order to be eligible to play for the "Red and Blacks",.^[5]

As a response the Swiss Football Association did not agree that Basha be able to play for another nation, and subsequently Basha publicly declared that he will never play for Switzerland, but only for Albania.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} L'Eco di Bergamo (3 august 2010). "Basha tells about himself" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Bergamo%20citt%C3%A0/147106_basha_si_racconta_mi_piace_scherzare_ma_in_campo_sono_un_martello/. Retrieved 16 August 2010. 
2. ^ "MERCATO, BASHA ALL’ALATALANTA E TROIANIELLO AL SIENA" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 25 June 2010. http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/news.php?id=2857. Retrieved 25 June 2010. 
3. ^ "Migjen Basha huazohet te Torino". Sportnet express. 14.07.2011. http://www.sportnet.al/lajm.php?nr=3352. 
4. ^ "Kuzhe kërkon talentin kosovar Migjen Basha në Kombëtare" (in Albanian). Gazeta Start. 5 May 2010. http://www.gazetastart.com/lajm.php?kategoria=Sporti&nr=15269. Retrieved 20 July 2010. 
5. ^ "Migjen Basha, "pasaporta" në tryezën e Topit" (in Albanian). Sporti Shqiptar. 15 July 2010. http://www.sportishqiptar.com.al/migjen-basha-pasaporta-ne-tryezen-e-topit/. Retrieved 20 July 2010. 
6. ^ Dardanoz Zhilivoda (19 January 2011). "Ne Fokus / Zvicra antishqiptare, vendi krimit dhe korrupsionit". Albaniasoccer. http://ns2.albaniasoccer.com/lajme/shqiperi/kombetarja/3830-ne-fokus--zvicra-antishqiptare-vendi-krimit-dhe-korrupsionit.html. 

External links

• (Italian) gazzetta.it
• http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Basha_Migjen
• http://aic.football.it/scheda/16783/basha-migjen-xhevat.htm

Persondata
Name	Basha, Migjen
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	9 June 1987
Place of birth	Lausanne, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death