Alban Meha

Youth career

In his youth, Meha joined the local teams TV Kemnat 1890 and SV 1845 Esslingen.

Stuttgarter Kickers

When Meha was nine years old, he joined the Stuttgarter Kickers and remained in the junior side for ten years. When Meha turned 19, he officially signed for the senior team. In July 2005, Meha joined the senior team of Stuttgarter Kickers. However, he remained on the reserve squad and never made an appearance on the first team.

VfL Kirchheim

In December 2005, Meha moved to VfL Kirchheim and played one and a half seasons at Kirchheim, making 54 appearances and scoring 16 goals.

SSV Reutlingen

Meha played three seasons at Reutlingen, making 82 appearances and scoring 16 goals. He then moved to Eintracht Trier.

Eintracht Trier

Meha played one season for Eintracht Trier, making a total of 33 appearances, scoring 15 goals and providing 16 assists. He helped the club win the Rhineland Cup and helped the club come second in the 2010–11 season in the Regionalliga West. He then moved to SC Paderborn.

SC Paderborn

2012–13 season

On 13 August 2012, Paderborn coach Stephan Schmidt declared that Meha was "an extremely important player for Paderborn". He returned after a break, scoring at the start of the season's second half on 10 February 2013, when Meha scored in the 87th minute from a difficult angle to the top right-hand corner of the goal in a 3–1 away victory against FC Ingolstadt. A week later on 15…

Albania

In summer 2012, Meha expressed his desire to play for Albania and that he had been in contact with national coach Gianni de Biasi. On 26 August 2012, it was reported that Meha had been invited to play for Albania in the September match against Cyprus, valid for the qualifiers of the FIFA World Cup 2014. On 4 September 2012, he received Albanian citizenship alongside fellow new member of the national team Burim Kukeli to be able to play for Albania. On 7 September 2012, Meha made his first international debut for Albania and led the Albanian midfield in a 3–1 victory against Cyprus, where he assisted the opening goal scored by Armando Sadiku. On 7 October 2012, Meha assisted a goal scored by Edgar Çani in a 2–1 loss against Iceland, valid for the qualifiers of the FIFA World Cup 2014. On 26 March 2013, Meha scored first goal for Albania against Lithuania in a 4–1 win. The second international goal came a year later, on 5 March 2014, whene he scored a volley from 40 metres (130 ft) in a 2–0 win over Malta.

Kosovo

On 30 August 2016, Meha received a call-up from Kosovo for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Finland and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of Valon Berisha.

Club

As of 13 September 2015

International

As of 9 October 2016

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Meha goal.

Meha was born in Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia to Albanian parents from Prekaz i Epërm, Kosovo. He is the grandson of Tahir Meha and the great-grandson of Nebih Meha, Albanian rights activists who resisted the Yugoslav People's Army and police forces until they were killed in 1981. His older brother Feriz Meha is a semi-professional footballer who last played as a forward for the German-based Albanian diaspora club SC Drita Kosova Kornwestheim.