Kujtim Shala
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kujtim Shala | ||
| Date of birth | 13 July 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SVN Zweibrücken | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Liria | 22 | (3) | |
| 1983–1984 | Partizan | 24 | (2) |
| 1984–1989 | Pristina | 112 | (25) |
| 1989–1991 | Dinamo Zagreb | 45 | (16) |
| 1991–1992 | Rennes | 27 | (5) |
| 1992–1993 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 33 | (10) |
| 1993–1995 | Chemnitzer FC | 42 | (8) |
| 1995–1996 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | VfB Leipzig | 50 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | VfR Mannheim | 53 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | FC Hochstätt Türkspor | ||
| 2005–2006 | Prishtina | ||
| 2008 | Kosovo | ||
| 2014 | SVN Zweibrücken | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kujtim Shala[1] (born 13 July 1964) is a former Croatian[2][3] footballer.
International
Shala played his one and only match for the Croatia national football team in a 2–1 win against the US on 17 October 1990,[2][3] during a friendly match before the Croatian Football Federation was affiliated by FIFA in 1992.
Coaching career
Shala was the head coach of KF Prishtina in Kosovar Superliga. But after KF Prishtina failed to win the Kosovar Superliga, he was sacked.
In February 2008 he was selected as head coach of the Kosovo national football team.
Personal
Shala was born in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) and is of Albanian descent.[4][5] His son is fellow footballer Andis Shala.[6]
References
- ^ Albanian: Kujtim Shala. Serbo-Croatian: Kujtim Šalja / Кујтим Шаља.
- ^ a b "Shala: Želim prvu utakmicu igrati protiv Hrvatske!". Index.hr (in Croatian). 21 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Kujtim Shala". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Shala: Mannheim statt Kosovo". Rheinische Post (in German). 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "MCYS – support to Albanians in Croatia". Republic of Kosovo. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Dundee United confirm signings". Dundee United FC. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
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External links
- Kujtim Shala at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kujtim Shala at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Kujtim Shala at WorldFootball.net
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