Gerti Shima

Gerti Shima
Personal information
Shima with the Albanian national basketball team
Born	(1986-05-06) May 6, 1986 (age 37) Tirana, Albania
Nationality	Albanian
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2001–2021
Position	Power forward
Career history
2001–2002	Tirana
2004–2006	Valbona
2006–2008	Sigal Prishtina
2008–2011	Tirana
2011–2012	Čapljina Lasta
2012–2015	Peja
2015-2016	Bashkimi
2016	Sigal Prishtina
2017–2021	Tirana

Gerti Shima (born 9 May 1986 in Tirana) is a Albanian former professional basketball player who last played for Albanian side KB Tirana in the Albanian Basketball Superliga. Shima transferred for the second time to Sigal Prishtina in January 2016. He made a big comeback to his hometown club, where he has been playing professionally since he was 15 years old, KB Tirana on 3 November 2016.He retired from basketball in September 2021,after he was elected in position of Secretary General in Albania National Olympic Committee. In 2006 he scored 91 points in a game with Valbona against Partizani, a league record that stood for ten years until Genti Lasku scored 100.^[1]

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Career

Shima returned to Kosovo in September 2012 after securing a transfer to KB Peja, signing a one-year contract.^[2]

On 10 August 2015, Shima signed one-year contract for KB Bashkimi.,^[3] but on 8 January 2016 he left KB Bashkimi.

On 11 January 2016, he signed one-year contract for Sigal Prishtina.^[4] On 3 November 2016, he made a come back to KB Tirana.^{[citation needed]} Shima played from 2001 in the national team and he is also the Capitan of Albania national team.^{[citation needed]}

From September 2021 he is in position of Secretary General at Albania Olympic Committee