Kujtim Shala

Kujtim Shala
Personal information
Date of birth	13 July 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Prizren, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Liria Prizren
1983–1984	Partizan
1984–1989	Prishtina
1989–1991	Dinamo Zagreb
1991–1992	Rennes
1992–1993	Stuttgarter Kickers
1993–1995	Chemnitzer FC
1995–1996	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1996–1998	VfB Leipzig
1998–2000	VfR Mannheim
Total
International career
1990	Croatia
Managerial career
2005	FC Hochstätt Türkspor
2005–2006	Prishtina
2008	VfR Mannheim (youth)
2014	SVN Zweibrücken (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kujtim Shala (Croatian: Kujtim Šalja; born 13 July 1964) is a Croatian-Albanian^[1]^[2] former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

International career

Shala made one appearance for the Croatia national team in a 2–1 win against the United States on 17 October 1990,^[1]^[2] during a friendly match before the Croatian Football Federation was affiliated by FIFA in 1992.

Coaching career

Shala was the head coach of FC Prishtina in Kosovar Superliga. But after FC Prishtina failed to win the Kosovar Superliga, he was sacked.

In 2008 he was almost selected as head coach of the Kosovo national football team.^[3] Shala was named assistant to manager Guido Hoffmann at SVN Zweibrücken in October 2014.^[4]

Personal life

Shala was born in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) and is of Albanian descent.^[5]^[6] One of his two sons is fellow footballer Andis Shala.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Shala: Želim prvu utakmicu igrati protiv Hrvatske!". Index.hr (in Croatian). 21 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Kujtim Shala". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ Shala: Mannheim statt Kosovo - RP online (in German)
^ Gemeinsam zum Erfolg finden - Die Rheinpfalz (in German)
^ "Shala: Mannheim statt Kosovo". Rheinische Post (in German). 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ "MCYS – support to Albanians in Croatia". Republic of Kosovo. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ "Dundee United confirm signings". Dundee United FC. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.

External links

Kujtim Shala at WorldFootball.net
Kujtim Shala at National-Football-Teams.com
Kujtim Shala at kicker (in German)
Kujtim Shala at FBref.com
Kujtim Shala at the Croatian Football Federation

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[index.hr-1] "Shala: Želim prvu utakmicu igrati protiv Hrvatske!". Index.hr (in Croatian). 21 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

[cff-2] "Kujtim Shala". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[3] Shala: Mannheim statt Kosovo - RP online (in German)

[4] Gemeinsam zum Erfolg finden - Die Rheinpfalz (in German)

[rp-5] "Shala: Mannheim statt Kosovo". Rheinische Post (in German). 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[6] "MCYS – support to Albanians in Croatia". Republic of Kosovo. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[7] "Dundee United confirm signings". Dundee United FC. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.

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