Ilir Luarasi

Ilir Luarasi (12 March 1954 – 17 January 2018) was an Albanian retired football player. He was a goalkeeper for Dinamo Tiranë and the Albania national team in the 70s and 80s.[1]

Ilir Luarasi
Luarasi clashing with Ajax' Dick Schoenaker (1980)
Personal information
Full name Ilir Luarasi
Date of birth (1954-03-12)12 March 1954
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Date of death 17 January 2018(2018-01-17) (aged 63)
Place of death France
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1987 Dinamo Tirana
National team
1981–1982 Albania 2 (0)
Teams managed
1990–1995 Kastrioti
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Luarasi spent 11 years between the posts of Dinamo, playing alongside fellow internationals Muhedin Targaj and Ilir Përnaska among others. He won three league titles and two domestic cups with the club and played in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup.[2]

He was found dead in his house in France in January 2018.[3]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a November 1981 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against West Germany and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a September 1982 European Championship qualification match against Austria.[4]

Honours
1977, 1980, 1986 [5]

References
  1. 11v11 profile
  2. Ndërron jetë në Francë ish portieri i Dinamos Ilir Luarasi - Shqiptarja (in Albanian)
  3. Ndërron jetë ish-legjenda e Dinamos, Ilir Luarasi - Koha Jone (in Albanian)
  4. "Player Database". eu-football.info.
  5. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
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