Skënder Begeja
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Skënder Begeja | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Date of death | 3 October 2010 (aged 86) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1944 | Shprefeja | ||
| 1945–1947 | SK Tirana | ||
| 1948–1950 | Akademik Sofia | ||
| 1952–1958 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
| International career | |||
| 1947 | Albania | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Skënder Begeja (5 February 1924 - 3 October 2010) was a former Albanian football forward. He made four appearances for the Albania national team.
Club career
[edit]Begeja studied at the Qemal Stafa High School, in Tirana, Albania.[1] He was the first Albanian athlete to run the 100 meters under 11 seconds.[2]
During his football career Begeja played for Shprefeja (1942–1945), Bulgarian Akademik Sofia (1948–50) and Dinamo Tirana (1952–58).[3]
International career
[edit]He made his debut for Albania in a May 1947 Balkan Cup match against Romania and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1947 Balkan Cup match against Yugoslavia.[4]
Personal life
[edit]After retiring as a player in 1958, Begeja worked as a reserve team coach with Dinamo and was deputy to head coach Skënder Jareci. He also worked for the FSHF and the Albanian Olympic committee. He died on 3 October 2010, aged 86.[2]
Honours
[edit]Dinamo Tirana
[edit]- Kategoria Superiore (6): 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956.[5]
- Kupa e Shqipërisë (3): 1952, 1953, 1954.
References
[edit]- ^ Q. Stafa High School website. "Historiku". Archived from the original on 12 January 2014.
- ^ a b Retrospektivë: Skënder Begeja, "ekspresi" i futbollit shqiptar - Ikub (in Albanian)
- ^ "Skënder Begeja". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
- 1924 births
- 2010 deaths
- Footballers from Tirana
- Albanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Albania men's international footballers
- PFC Akademik Sofia players
- FC Dinamo City players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Qemal Stafa High School alumni
- Albanian male sprinters