Marin Mema

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Marin Mema

Mema in 2020

Personal details

Born Marin Mema

22 March 1981 (age 39)

Tirana, Albania

Nationality Albanian

Occupation Footballer

Journalist

Position(s) Midfielder and winger

Youth career

Years Team

1990–2002 Dinamo Tirana

Marin Mema (born 22 March 1981) is an Albanian investigative journalist and

former footballer. He serves as an Albanian nationalist activist. In addition to being a
reporter of Top Channel, he writes for Gazeta Shqiptare. During his football career, he
played as a midfielder and winger.[1]

Early life[edit]
Prior to dealing with journalism, Mema at the age of 9 started playing football at Dinamo
Tirana,[1] he was also part of one of Albania national youth team's regional selections in
1997,[2] but after 12 years was forced to leave football due to injuries. [1]
In July 2003, Mema graduated in journalism at the journalism department of
the University of Tirana, he is mostly involved in investigative journalism, his reports
range from government corruption to human rights abuses. In 2011–12, Mema reported
from Margariti and Filiates about the properties of the Chams that have been
appropriated by the Greek state. For his reports in August 2012, he was banned from
entering Greece and declared persona non grata.[3] Union of Journalists of Albania
protested in front of the Greek embassy in Tirana against the entry ban.[4] On 26
November 2019, Mema combined with Marko Kepi, the head of the United States
Albanian diaspora organisation Albanian Roots to raise $1,300,000 for 2019 Albania
earthquake victims.[5] On March 2021 he together with other archeologists discovered an
illyrian graveyard.

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:      "Një rrëfim ndryshe i Marin Memës, 12 vitet e një
a b c

ëndrre dhe pasioni për futbollin (e plotë)" [A different story of

Marin Mema, 12 years of a dream and passion for football
(full story)].  News Sport (in Albanian). 28 December 2019.
2. ^ "Gazetari i Top Channel bëhet nostalgjik për të shkuarën si
futbollist: Dëshira dhe pasioni na mbajtën gjallë" [Gazetari i
Top Channel bëhet nostalgjik për të shkuarën si futbollist:
Dëshira dhe pasioni na mbajtën gjallë].  News Sport (in
Albanian). 9 August 2017.
3. ^ Besar Likmeta (23 August 2012).  "Greeks Bar Albanian
Journalist as 'Security Threat'". Balkan Insight.
4. ^ "Journalists protest in front of Greek embassy against entry
ban issued over their colleague". Albanian Screen. 22 August
2012. Archived from the original  on 12 November 2014.
5. ^ "Shqiptarët solidarizohen me tërmetin, ja sa është shuma e
grumbulluar deri më tani" [Albanians solidarize with the
earthquake, so far the amount accumulated so far] (in
Albanian).  Top Channel. 28 November 2019.

Categories: 
 1981 births
 Living people
 People from Tirana
 Albanian footballers
 Albanian journalists
 Association football midfielders
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