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21 Facts About Ervin Bulku

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Ervin Bulku was a utility player and played in many positions such as central midfielder, defensive midfielder, right midfielder and even right back for the Albania national team between 2002 and 2015 and in the club level with Tirana where he started and ended his career after playing for various club outside such as Kryvbas in Ukraine, Hajduk Split in Croatia, AZAL Baku in Azerbaijan and Sepahan in Iran.

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Ervin Bulku started his career as a youngster in the KF Tirana youth teams.

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Ervin Bulku did however manage to win the Albanian Supercup at the start of the season but his side Tirana narrowly lost the race for the title to Vllaznia Shkoder.

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Ervin Bulku began to feature in almost every game when fit and became a key member in the squad and a key figure in all the trophy winning sides that the club produced over the next few years.

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Ervin Bulku was a key player in Tirana's European games and featured against teams such as Dinamo Tbilisi, Ferencvaros, CSKA Sofia and Kayserispor.

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Ervin Bulku played among fellow Albanian internationals Dorian Bylykbashi, Isli Hidi and Ansi Agolli who eventually joined the club two years later.

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Ervin Bulku made 14 league appearances in the starting line up and 5 as a substitute to help his side to collect 30 points enough to end in the 13th place to avoid the relegation.

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Ervin Bulku retained his starting place playing 13 out 14 games as a starter but Kryvbas suffered a worst progress taking only two wins and 1 draw and conceding 14 losses.

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Ervin Bulku made his debut for AZAL on 7 August 2011 against Simurq, going on to score his first goal for the club 3 games later against Neftchi Baku on 27 August 2011.

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In total Ervin Bulku made 22 league appearances for the club scoring three goals.

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On 21 July 2012, Ervin Bulku signed a one-year contract with Iranian champions Sepahan FC, joining there another fellow Albanian player Xhevahir Sukaj, who had come in the team early on January.

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Ervin Bulku did score once in the AFC Champions League, but Sepahan failed to get out of the group stage phase.

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In May 2014, Ervin Bulku declared that he left the club after the end of the 2-year contract.

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Nine days later, the transfer was made official and Ervin Bulku signed a two-year contract.

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Ervin Bulku concluded his first season back in Albania by making 32 appearances between league and cup, scoring once.

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Ervin Bulku made another 2 appearances in the same year.

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Ervin Bulku wasn't included in national team until 2006 when he was called up by coach Otto Baric for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match against Netherlands on 11 October.

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Ervin Bulku retained his starting place for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers under coach Gianni De Biasi playing 9 out 10 matches as a starter.

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In November 2015 Ervin Bulku was appointed as assistant manager of Gianni De Biasi at the Albania national football team becoming the third one after Paolo Tramezzani and Erjon Bogdani.

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Ervin Bulku debuted in his assistant manager role on 17 November 2015 against Georgia.

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Ervin Bulku participated with Albania in their first major competition the UEFA Euro 2016.