Skënder Gega

Skënder Gega (born 14 November 1963) is an Albanian retired football player.

Skënder Gega
Skënder Gega in 2014
Personal information
Full name Skënder Gega
Date of birth (1963-11-14) 14 November 1963
Place of birth Tropojë, Albania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
000–1983 Partizani Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1990 Partizani
1992–1993 Sportfreunde Siegen
1994–1996 Partizani 14 (1)
National team
1987 Albania U21 1 (0)
1987–1989 Albania 10[1] (0)
Teams managed
2007 USA women's U16 (assistant)[2]
2008 USA women's U17 (assistant)[3]
2008 Seton Hall Pirates (assistant)
2011 Albania U19
2011–2015 Albania U21
2015–2016 Al-Jahra
2018−2019 Partizani
2020 Kukësi
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Gega played the majority of his career at Partizani Tirana, an Albanian team, whilst also having a two-year stint with German side Sportfreunde Siegen between 1990 and 1994.

International

He made his debut for Albania in an April 1987 Euro Championship qualification match against Austria and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Sweden.[4]

Coaching career

He was appointed the head coach of the Albania under-19s in February 2011 where he remained until October 2011, when he was promoted to the head coach of the Albania under-21s.[5][6]

During the summer of 2018, Gega joined Partizani Tirana, where he’d coach his team in the UEFA Europa League, Albanian Superliga, and the Albanian Cup. He won his first title as a manager, and the first for Partizani in 26 years. In June 2019, he left the club for personal reasons.

Honours

As player
1987[7]

As coach
2019

References
  1. 11v11 profile
  2. U.S. Under-17 Women and Under-16 Girls' National Teams End Year With Trips to South America
  3. Women's Soccer Adds Former International Player And Coach Skender Gega To Coaching Staff
  4. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. Gega hopes to leave Albania legacy
  6. Skender Gega will not run for the president of FSHF
  7. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
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