Kujtim Shala
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 July 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Prizren, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Liria Prizren | 22 | (3) | |
1983–1984 | Partizan | 24 | (2) |
1984–1989 | Prishtina | 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) |
Total | 423 | (80) | |
International career | |||
1990 | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2005 | FC Hochstätt Türkspor | ||
2005–2006 | Prishtina | ||
2008 | VfR Mannheim (youth) | ||
2014 | SVN Zweibrücken (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kujtim Shala (Croatian: Kujtim Šalja; born 13 July 1964) is a Croatian-Albanian[1][2] former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
International career
Shala made one appearance for the
2–1 win against the United States on 17 October 1990,[1][2] during a friendly match before the Croatian Football Federation was affiliated by FIFA
in 1992.
Coaching career
Shala was the head coach of
Kosovar Superliga
. But after FC Prishtina failed to win the Kosovar Superliga, he was sacked.
In 2008 he was almost selected as head coach of the Kosovo national football team.[3] Shala was named assistant to manager Guido Hoffmann at SVN Zweibrücken in October 2014.[4]
Personal life
Shala was born in
SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) and is of Albanian descent.[5][6] One of his two sons is fellow footballer Andis Shala.[7]
References
- ^ 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 - RP online (in German)
- ^ Gemeinsam zum Erfolg finden - Die Rheinpfalz (in German)
- ^ "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.
External links
- Kujtim Shala at the Croatian Football Federation
- Kujtim Shala at EU-Football.info
- Kujtim Shala at FBref.com
- Kujtim Shala at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Kujtim Shala at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kujtim Shala at WorldFootball.net