Ernest Muçi

Ernest Muçi
Muçi with Beşiktaş in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-19) 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)
*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.