Skënder Hodja (born 30 May 1960) is an

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

n retired footballer.

Playing career

Club

His former team is 17 Nëntori Tirana, where he played all of his career and won three league titles in a team boasting the likes of international players Mirel Josa, Shkëlqim Muça, Arben Minga and Agustin Kola.

International

Hodja was part of Albania's 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad. He made his senior debut for

in an October 1984

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match against

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and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1990 European Championship qualification match against

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Managerial career

He is currently the head coach of KF Tirana U-17.

Honours

Albanian Superliga Kategoria Superiore (), also known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons with internet service provider, Abissnet, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Albania. At the top of the Albanian football league syste ...

(3): 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89

References

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* 1960 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Albanian men's footballers Albania men's international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers KF Tirana players 20th-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-midfielder-stub