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) | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2015 | Tulipanët | ||
| 2015–2017 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
| 2017–2019 | Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Tirana | 59 | (16) |
| 2021–2024 | Legia Warsaw | 81 | (13) |
| 2024– | Beşiktaş | 40 | (7) |
| 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, correct as of 1 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Ernest Muçi (born 19 March 2001) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Albania national team.
Muçi began his professional career with KF Tirana in 2018, helping the club win promotion to the Kategoria Superiore. He played a key role in Tirana's 25th league title in 2019–20, scoring 7 goals. In February 2021, Muçi joined Legia Warsaw for €500,000, where he won the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup, scoring 21 goals in 3 seasons. In February 2024, he joined Beşiktaş for €10 million, becoming the club's most expensive player and winning the Turkish Cup and Super Cup in his first months at the club.
Making his senior debut for Albania at the age of 20 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Andorra, Muçi scored his first international goal in June 2023 during a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against the Faroe Islands. Muçi was selected in the Albania squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.