Mirel Josa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mirel Josa | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
Mirel Josa (born 1 June 1963[1]) is an Albanian football coach and former player, who currently works as head coach of KS Vllaznia.
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[edit] Career
Josa played for Kavala F.C. and Aris Thessaloniki F.C. in the Greek Alpha Ethniki.[2]
[edit] International career
Josa made 27 appearances for the Albania national football team from 1984 to 1992.[3]
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Tirana (2003–2006)
After his playing career ended, he started coaching KF Tirana. He was the coach of the capital team from 2003 to 2006, where he won three league championships, a domestic cup and three super cups.
[edit] Vllaznia(2006–2008)
Josa then coached the northern team where he started off very well, with 68% wins in his first year, and earned Vllaznia third place in the league table. The next season Vllaznia went four places down the table, ending up in seventh.
[edit] Elbasani(2008–2009)
After being fired by Vllaznia, Josa coached Elbasani in the 2008-2009 season, the team got relegated to the first division due to financial reasons that year.
[edit] Teuta(2009–2010)
The next managerial step was coaching Teuta, the team of Durrës. The team finished the season in the 8th place.
[edit] Shkumbini(2010–2011)
Josa coached Shkumbini only for a few matches and left for Vllaznia in the same year.
[edit] Vllaznia 2010–
Vllaznia fired two coaches in the same year, and the third one was destined to be Josa, his return to Vllaznia came with success. After being a midtable team last year, Vllaznia challenged for the title, and went on an unbeaten run of 12 matches.
[edit] References
- ^ Mirel Josa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (2005-05-11). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ Hoxha, Florent and Mamrud, Roberto (2009-07-16). "Albania - Record International Players". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/alba-recintlp.html. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
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