Ylli Shehu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 March 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1993 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| 1993 | Apollon Smyrnis | 15 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Šibenik | 43 | (24) |
| 1995–1996 | Cercle Brugge | 33 | (6) |
| 1997–1998 | Šibenik | 31 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1995 | Albania | 10 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Teuta Durrës | ||
| 2011 | Partizani | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ylli Shehu (born 13 March 1966) is an Albanian retired football player.
Club career
[edit]Shehu made his senior debut for Partizani against Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin in 1984[1] aged only 16[2] and he won two Albanian championships in 1987 and 1993 with them.[3] He had been out injured for almost two years from 1990 only to regain fitness and win that second league title.[4]
After that he moved to Croatia and spent several seasons with HNK Šibenik, scoring 40 goals in the Croatian Prva HNL.[5] He also played for Apollon Athens in the Greek Alpha Ethniki[6] and had a season in Belgium with Cercle Brugge.
International career
[edit]He made his debut for Albania in a September 1988 friendly match away to Romania and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1995 European Championship qualification match against Bulgaria.[7]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ylli Shehu: Ndeshje e vështirë, por Partizani është Partizani - Telegraf (in Albanian)
- ^ Babai me Dinamon, unë zgjodha Partizanin - Konica (in Albanian)
- ^ Hoxha, Florent & Pandovski, Fatjon (20 May 2004). "Albania - Championship Winning Teams". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ Ylli Shehu: Ju rrëfej Spanjën e fundit në Tiranë… dhe një episod me Millon - Shekulli (in Albanian)
- ^ Kramaršić, Igor & Purić, Bojan (12 June 2009). "Croatia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ "Ylli Shehu - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
External links
[edit]- Ylli Shehu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ylli Shehu at WorldFootball.net
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tirana
- Albanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Albania men's international footballers
- FK Partizani Tirana players
- Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
- HNK Šibenik players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Croatian Football League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
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- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
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