Gerti Shima
Gerti Shima (born 9 May 1986 in Tirana) is an Albanian professional basketball player who currently plays for Albanian side KB Tirana in the Albanian Basketball Superliga. Shima transferred for the second time to Sigal Prishtina in January 2016. He made a big comeback to his hometown club, where he has been playing professionally since he was 15 years old, KB Tirana on 3 November 2016.He retired from basketball in September 2021,after he was elected in position of Secretary General in Albania National Olympic Committee. In 2006 he scored 91 points in a game with Valbona against Partizani, a league record that stood for ten years until Genti Lasku scored 100.[1]
 Shima with Albania National Basketball Team | |
| No. 15 – KB Tirana | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward |
| League | Albania Basketball Superliga |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 6, 1986 Tirana, Albania |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
| 2001–2002 | KB Tirana |
| 2004–2006 | BC Valbona |
| 2006–2008 | Sigal Prishtina |
| 2008–2011 | KB Tirana |
| 2011–2012 | Čapljina Lasta |
| 2012–2015 | KB Peja |
| 2015-2016 | KB Bashkimi |
| 2016 | Sigal Prishtina |
| 2017-present | KB Tirana |
Career
Shima returned to Kosovo in September 2012 after securing a transfer to KB Peja, signing a one-year contract.[2]
On 10 August 2015, Shima signed one-year contract for KB Bashkimi.,[3] but on 8 January 2016 he left KB Bashkimi.
On 11 January 2016, he signed one-year contract for Sigal Prishtina.[4] On 3 November 2016, he made a come back to SK.Tirana. Shima played from 2001 in the national team and he is also the Capitan of Albania national team.
From September 2021 he is in position of Secretary General at Albania Olympic Committee
Achievements
- BC Valbona: 2004-05, 2005-06
- PBC Tirana:2002-03 2007-08 ,2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 2016-2017 ,2017-18
Kosova league 2
- KB Peja: 2012-2013
Sigal Prishtina: 2015-2016
- Basketball Cup: 8
- PBC Tirana: 2001-2002 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 2016-17
BC Valbona 2004-05,2005–06 Kosova Cup 2015-2016 (Sigal Prishtina)
- PBC Tirana:2008 2009, 2010, 2011 2017
BC Valbona 2004-05, 2005–06 Balkan league : 1 2015-2016 (Sigal Prishtina)
References
- Vyshka, Gjergj (17 April 2016). "Genti Lasku thyen rekordin 10-vjeçar të Shimës, shënon 100 pikë" (in Albanian). albaniansport.net. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- Gerti Shima kalon te Peja
- Geri Shima firmos per Bashkimin e Prizrenit
- Zyrtarizohet Shima te Prishtina
External links
https://cijm.org.gr/gerti-shima-appointed-general-secretary-of-the-albanian-olympic-committee/
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113231/shima-new-koksh-secretary-general