Ernest Muçi
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Muçi with Beşiktaş in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Trabzonspor (on loan from Beşiktaş) | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2015 | Tulipanët | ||
| 2015–2017 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
| 2017–2019 | Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Tirana | 59 | (16) |
| 2019–2020 | Tirana B | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Legia Warsaw | 81 | (13) |
| 2024– | Beşiktaş | 41 | (7) |
| 2025– | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 22 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Albania U19 | 17 | (7) |
| 2020–2022 | Albania U21 | 11 | (4) |
| 2021– | Albania | 16 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:58, 11 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ernest Muçi (Albanian pronunciation: [ɛɾnɛst mutʃi]; born 19 March 2001) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor, on loan from Beşiktaş, and the Albania national team. He is known for his versatility, technical ability, and scoring from long range.
A product of KF Tirana's youth academy, Muçi made his senior debut in 2018 and played an important role in helping the club return to the Kategoria Superiore, later contributing to their 25th league title. In February 2021, he joined Polish side Legia Warsaw, winning the Ekstraklasa in his first season as well as the Polish Cup in 2023. After making over 100 appearances, Muçi left the club in February 2024 to join Beşiktaş for a club-record transfer fee of €10 million, winning the Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup in his first months with the team. The following year, he joined Trabzonspor on loan for the 2025–26 season in search of regular first-team play.
Muçi represented Albania at under-19 and under-21 levels before making his senior debut at the age of 20 in 2021 during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. He was also part of Albania's successful Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, as the team qualified for the tournament as group leaders, and was subsequently named in the squad for the finals.