Kujtim Shala ( hr, Kujtim Šalja; born 13 July 1964) is a Croatian-Albanian
former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
International career
Shala played his one and only match for the
Croatia national football team
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in a
2–1 win against the
US on 17 October 1990,
during a friendly match before the
Croatian Football Federation
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was affiliated by
FIFA in 1992.
Coaching career
Shala was the head coach of
FC Prishtina
Football Club Prishtina ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Prishtina, ; sr, Фудбалски клуб Приштина, Fudbalski klub Priština), commonly known as Prishtina, is a professional football club based in Prishtina, Kosovo. The club play ...
in
Kosovar Superliga
The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...
. But after FC 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
The Kosovo national football team ( sq, Kombëtarja e futbollit të Kosovës; sr, Фудбалска репрезентација Косова, Fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova) represents Kosovo in men's international football. The team is co ...
.
Personal life
Shala was born in
Prizren
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,
SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
(now
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Eur ...
) and is of
Albanian descent.
His son is fellow
footballer
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Andis Shala.
References
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1964 births
Living people
People from Prizren
Kosovo Albanians
Croatian people of Albanian descent
Croatian people of Kosovan descent
Kosovan emigrants to Croatia
Association football midfielders
Yugoslav footballers
Croatian footballers
Croatia international footballers
Kosovan footballers
KF Liria players
FK Partizan players
FC Prishtina players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Stade Rennais F.C. players
Stuttgarter Kickers players
Chemnitzer FC players
Fortuna Düsseldorf players
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players
VfR Mannheim players
Yugoslav First League players
Ligue 1 players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Kosovan expatriate footballers
Croatian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in France
Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in France
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in France
Croatian football managers
Kosovan football managers
FC Prishtina managers
Kosovo national football team managers
Government ministers of Kosovo
Shala (tribe)
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