Astrit Ziu

Astrit Ziu (born 8 July 1946) is an Albanian retired footballer who played as a left back and made six appearances for the Albania national team.

Club career Ziu started his career at hometown club Tomori Berat, before joining the military and thus army team Partizani Tirana in 1966. With Partizani he won a league title and 3 domestic cups. He also had a season on loan with Luftëtari. He has played at leftback for club and country but also in any other position except between the goalposts.

International career Ziu made his debut for Albania on 13 December 1970 in a UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying match against Turkey, in which he scored Albania's only goal in the 1–2 loss. He went on to make six appearances, scoring one goal, before making his last appearance on 21 June 1972 in a 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Finland, which finished as a 0–1 loss.

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International

Albanian Cup: 3 1968, 1970, 1973