Albert Duro


Albert Duro is an Albanian former footballer who played as a Centre back.
He spent the majority of his club career in Albania and Romania, representing Elbasani, Steaua București, Dinamo Tirana, Național București, Tirana, Teuta Durrës|Teuta Durrës] and Besa Kavajë. During his time in Romania, he won the Liga I title in the 2000–01 season with Steaua București and the Cupa României in 1998–99. In Albania, he won multiple domestic honors including three Superliga titles, an Albanian Cup and three Supercups.
Internationally, Duro earned five caps for the Albania national [football team|Albania national team] between 1999 and 2000, making his debut against Norway.
He is the younger brother of Klodian Duro who was also a footballer.

Club career

Albert Duro began his senior club career at Elbasani, where he played from 1996 to 1998, making 54 league appearances and scoring 2 goals. In 1998, he moved to Romanian side Steaua București, playing in Liga I until 2001 and winning the Liga I title in the 2000–01 season and the Cupa României in 1998–99.
Duro returned to Albania in 2001 to play for Dinamo Tirana for one season, winning the Albanian Superliga in 2001–02. From 2002 to 2004, he was back in Romania with Național București, appearing in 23 league matches. He then played for Tirana from 2004 to 2007, winning two Albanian Superliga titles, one Albanian Cup, and three Supercups. In 2006–07 he also had a brief spell with Teuta. Duro concluded his career with Besa Kavajë from 2007 to 2010.

International career

He made his international debut for the Albania on 5 June 1999 in a UEFA [Euro 2000 qualifying|European Championship qualification] match against Norway in Tirana. Duro earned five caps between 1999 and 2000, appearing in three other occasions during the qualifying campaign against Slovenia, Greece, Georgia and playing his final international on 26 April 2000 in a friendly match against Macedonia.

Personal life

According to several reports, former Albania international Klodian Duro has referred to Albert as his brother, noting that the two also played together during their time at Elbasani.
In October 2021, he was granted approval for the renunciation of Albanian citizenship in an official presidential decree. He has a daughter named Emilia.

Honours

Honours achieved by Duro.

Club

;Steaua București
;Dinamo Tirana
;Tirana