Ilia Shuke was a footballer and coach of the

Albania national football team The Albania national football team () represents Albania in men's international Association football, football. It is governed by the Albanian Football Federation (FSHF), the governing body for football in Albania. It is a member of UEFA in Eur ...

for a short spell in 1973, where he led the team to their first ever World Cup qualification win, a 1–0 defeat of

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in October 1973.

Managerial career

His other two matches in charge of Albania were a World Cup qualification loss against

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, and a friendly draw against

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. He also was an assistant to national team coach

Loro Boriçi Lorenco Boriçi (4 August 1922 – 25 April 1984), commonly known as Loro Boriçi was an Albanian association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. He is regarded as one of Albania's greatest players. He p ...

in the 1960s.III. 1967: Risitë e të vërtetave të Shqipëria-Gjermania 0-0 dhe Loro Boriçi
- Panorama

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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Albanian men's footballers Albanian football managers Albania national football team managers FK Partizani Tirana managers KF Skënderbeu Korçë managers Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Albania-footy-bio-stub