Sulejman Starova (born 12 December 1955) 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 ...

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coach and retired player.

Managerial career

As a manager, he has been in charge of his previous club Partizani Tirana as well as

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. The men's football club is part of the multi-discipli ...

, Besa Kavajë and Teuta Durrës. He has also been technical director of Partizani, Teuta and

FK Kukësi Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Kukës. The club plays its home games at the Kukës Arena and currently competes in the Kategoria e Parë, the second highest division of Albanian football. The ...

. On 10 February 2014 he was named as the manager of

following the departure of Naci Şensoy. On 5 November 2017, Partizani Tirana announced on their official website that Starova will be the replacement of the sacked Mark Iuliano, starting the training on 7th. In September 2018, Starova was fired by Kosovan side Feronikeli after 12 matches in charge.

Managerial statistics

Director career

Starova was the General Secretary of the

Albanian Football Association The Albanian Football Federation (; FSHF) is the governing body of football in Albania. Headquartered in Tirana, it organises the national football leagues of Kategoria Superiore, Kategoria e Parë, Kategoria e Dytë, Kategoria e Tretë, Alba ...

until 2004. On 17 June 2014, he was named the new sporting director of Partizani Tirana.

Honours

; as a player * Albanian Superliga: 2 ::

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

; as a manager * Albanian Superliga: 1 ::

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF

References

1955 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders KF Tirana players FK Partizani Tirana players Albanian football managers FK Partizani Tirana managers KF Tirana managers KF Teuta managers KF Besa Kavajë managers FK Kukësi managers FC Feronikeli 74 managers KF Laçi managers Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria Superiore managers Albanian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kosovo Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo 20th-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-defender-stub