Stiven Bibo

Stiven Bibo

Personal information
Full name	Stiven Bibo
Date of birth	(2003-09-26) 26 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Italy
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Laçi
Number	16
Youth career
2011–2014	Ali Demi
2014–2017	Dinamo Tirana
2019–2021	Internacional Tirana
2021–2022	Manresa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	Internacional Tirana	1	(0)
2022	Andorra B	3	(1)
2023–	Laçi	24	(2)
International career^‡
2021	Albania U19	10	(1)
2023–	Albania U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2023

Stiven Bibo (born 26 September 2003) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Albanian club Laçi.^[1][2]

Career

Early career

Bibo was born in Italy to Albanian parents but his family migrated back to Albania when he was a child, settling in the country's capital, Tirana. He joined local youth club Ali Demi near the city centre of Tirana in 2011 at the age of 8, before joining the academy of another local club Dinamo Tirana in 2014. He would remain at Dinamo Tirana until 2019, which is when he joined the Internacional Tirana academy, where he would remain for two years. Bibo made his senior debut on 15 May 2021 in a 7–1 loss to Iliria, coming on as a half time substitute for Ardit Reci in the penultimate round of the 2020–21 Kategoria e Dytë regular season.^[3][4]

In 2021 he moved to Spain to join the youth team of Manresa in Catalonia, where he featured 6 times for the club's youth team in the regional Preferente Catalana competition, scoring once. Whilst at Manresa, he also featured for Andorra B at senior level in the Segona Catalana is the eighth tier of the Spanish football league system and the second highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 September 2023 ^[6][1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe[a]		Other[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Internacional Tirana	2020–21	Kategoria e Dytë	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Andorra B	2021–22	Segona Catalana	3	1	—		—		—		3	1
	Total		3	1	—		—		—		3	1
Laçi	2022–23	Kategoria Superiore	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2023–24		2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Career total			9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0

1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References

1. Paulo Buxhelaj profile FSHF.org
2. "Pesë lojtarë të Laçit me Kombëtaret, Bejzade më në fund i ka të gjithë" (in Albanian). panorama.com.al/sport. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
3. "Iliria 7-1 Internacional Tirana" (in Albanian). fshf.org. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
4. "Iliria 7–1 Internacional Tirana". soccerway.com. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
5. "Stiven Bibo — La Preferente profile" (in Spanish). lapreferente.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
6. Stiven Bibo at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

External links

• Stiven Bibo at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)
• Stiven Bibo – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Stiven Bibo at Soccerway