Skënder Gega
 Gega in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 November 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Tropojë, PR Albania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1983 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1990 | Partizani | ||
| 1992–1993 | Sportfreunde Siegen | ||
| 1994–1996 | Partizani | 14 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Albania | 10[1] | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | ||
| 2022 | Skënderbeu | ||
| 2022 | Kukësi | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Skënder Gega (born 14 November 1963) is an Albanian football coach and a former player.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Gega played the majority of his career at Partizani, an Albanian team, whilst also having a two-year stint with German side Sportfreunde Siegen between 1990 and 1994.
International
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]As player
[edit]As coach
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 11v11 profile
- ^ U.S. Under-17 Women and Under-16 Girls' National Teams End Year With Trips to South America
- ^ Women's Soccer Adds Former International Player And Coach Skender Gega To Coaching Staff
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ Gega hopes to leave Albania legacy
- ^ Skender Gega will not run for the president of FSHF
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
External links
[edit]- Skënder Gega at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Tropojë
- Men's association football defenders
- Albanian men's footballers
- Albania men's under-21 international footballers
- Albania men's international footballers
- FK Partizani Tirana players
- Sportfreunde Siegen players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Albanian football managers
- FK Partizani Tirana managers
- Al-Jahra SC managers
- Albanian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Kuwait Premier League managers
- FK Kukësi managers
- KF Skënderbeu Korçë managers
- Kategoria Superiore managers
- 20th-century Albanian sportsmen