Migjen Basha

Migjen Xhevat Basha (born 5 January 1987) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greek club Aris Thessaloniki and the Albania national team.

Early life and youth career Basha was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to Kosovar Albanian parents who were originally from Theranda (also called Suhareka) and is the elder brother of Vullnet Basha, who is also a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club UCAM Mercia and has been capped once for the Albania national team. Basha went to Theranda for the first time in his early childhood to learn the Albanian language and attended the elementary school for several years. He returned to Lausanne before the Kosovo war broke out.

Basha started his youth career as an infant and at age of 11 joined the local team Dardania Lausanne, an amateur football club founded by the Albanian community in Lausanne, coached by Agim Cana. Then he moved at an amateur club called Team Vaud, and in 2004 he moved to Lausanne. In his first year at Lausanne, Basha gained entry to the first team.

Club career Lausanne He made his professional debut at the age 18, on 16 July 2005 in the 2005–06 season, in the match against Winterthur, which ended in a 5–4 victory for Lausanne, with Basha entering as a substitute in the 60th minute in place of Patrick Isabella. He scored his first goal in his third match appearance two weeks later, on 30 July 2005 in a 4–1 victory over Luzern. Basha once again came in as a substitute in place of Isabella in the 68th minute, scoring in the 88th minute and bringing the score to 3–1.

Lucchese For the second half of the 2005–06 season, Basha moved to Italy at Luccehse-Libertas in the Serie C1. He played in five matches until the end of the season. He played for Lucchese in eight matches in the 2006–07 season.