Migjen Basha

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.

Migjen Xhevat Basha (born 5 January 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Born in Switzerland, he represented that nation at youth international levels but played for Albania at senior level.

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.

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.

During the war, his childhood home was burned to the ground and Basha's uncle was killed.

Those events had left a profound mark on his life.

Basha started his youth career as an infant and aged 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.

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.

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.

In 2007, Basha moved to Viareggio in Serie C2.

He made a total of 15 appearances and scored 1 goal, only in the first half of the 2007–08 season.

For the second half of the 2007–08 season, Basha moved to Rimini.

He played 12 matches for Rimini in the second half of the 2007–08 season, since he made his debut on 2 February 2008 in the away victory 0–1 against Bari, entering as a substitute in the 77th minute.

Basha began the 2008–09 season with a goal on 17 August 2008 against Ravenna in Coppa Italia.

The match finished in a draw 3–3 and ended a penalty shoot-out, where Basha missed a penalty and finished in a penalty loss 5–7.

He debuted with a goal in Serie B on 29 August, scoring the equalising goal against Parma, 1–1.

He managed to score another two goals in the month of February against Treviso on 7 February, which finished in a draw 2–2, and on 28 February against Ancona, a 2–1 victory.

He concluded the 2008–09 Serie B season with 38 appearances and 3 goals, and he also played in two-legged match against Ancona, where the first leg played on 6 June 2009 finished in the draw 1–1, and the second leg played a week later on 13 June finished in a 0–1, with Rimini relegated.

Basha transferred to Serie B club Frosinone.

Basha made his first appearance for Frosinone on 21 August 2009 against Salernitana, where he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–2 victory.

Basha would go on to make 38 appearances for the club and score three times.

Basha helped Frosinone reach the fourth round of the Coppa Italia and scored a goal against Varese.

In June 2010, Atalanta, which had just been relegated from the Serie A, acquired Basha from Frosinone.

Basha made his debut for Atalanta on 21 August 2010 against Vicenza, playing the full 90 minutes as the match finished in a 2–0 victory.

During the 2010–11 season, he played 7 matches as a starter in total 23 appearances.

Basha was sent on a one-year loan at fellow Serie B club Torino on 13 July 2011.

The Bull had the right to make the transfer permanent at the end of the season.

Basha made his Torino debut on 27 August in the 2–1 win over Ascoli, and opened his scoring account later on 10 December by scoring the opening goal of the 4–2 home win over Pescara.

He finished his first Torino season by making 36 appearances and scoring 2 goals, as Torino finished runner-up in championship which ensured a spot to Serie A for the 2012–13 season.

On 21 July 2012, Basha joined to Torino on co-ownership.

He made his first Serie A appearance in the opening matchday against Siena on 26 August, playing the last 14-minute of a goalless draw.

Basha's first top flight goal came on 28 October in the 1–3 loss to Parma.

He concluded the 2012–13 season with 21 appearances and 1 goal.