Fatmir Vata (born 20 September 1971) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played primarily as an attacking midfielder.
Vata joined Prva HNL side Slaven Belupo and spent one season with the club before moving to Vukovar '91.
Vata is best known for his time at Arminia Bielefeld, which he joined in 2001 and helped the club promotion to the Bundesliga in 2002.
[2][3] In August 2009, Vata joined Wuppertaler SV from TuS Koblenz for the 2009–10 season on a free transfer.
[2] He made his debut for Albania in an April 1996 friendly match against Bosnia and earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.