Altin Rrica

Albanian association football player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAlbanian association football player
PlacesAlbania
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth13 December 1973, Kavajë, Kavajë municipality, Tirana County, Albania
Age51 years
Star signSagittarius
Stats
Height:176 cm
Sports Teams
K.F. Tirana
Partizani Tirana
Besa Kavajë
Besa Kavajë
Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Albania national under-21 football team
Albania national association football team
The details

Biography

Altin Rrica (born 13 December 1973) is an Albanian retired footballer who played for Besa Kavajë, KF Tirana, Partizani Tirana and Shqiponja Gjirokastër as well as the Albania national team.

Club career

Career ending accident

His career came to an abrupt end at the age of 27 on 22 July 2000 following an accident sustained by the rocks at Lake Ohrid which left him permanently disabled from the waist down. While in pre-season with Shqiponja Gjirokastër, Rrica jumped into the lake and crushed into the rocks knocking him unconscious.

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a February 2000 Rothmans International Tournament match against Andorra and earned his second and final cap during the same tournament against hosts Malta.

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