Ilir Shulku

Ilir Shulku (born 20 January 1971) is a retired Albanian footballer, who played the majority of his career for Partizani Tirana.

Ilir Shulku
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-01-20) 20 January 1971
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Partizani 168 (14)
1997 Apollon Athens 1 (0)
1999–2000 Eintracht Nordhorn 44 (2)
2000–2002 Partizani
National team
1993–1999 Albania 40 (1)
Teams managed
2004 Partizani
2005–2006 Besa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Shulku had a three-month spell with Apollon Athens in the Greek Alpha Ethniki[1] and played one and a half season for German Regionalliga side Eintracht Nordhorn.[2]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a February 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland and earned a total of 40 caps, scoring 1 goal.[3] His final international was an October 1999 European Championship qualification match against Georgia.[4]

National team statistics

Albania national team
YearAppsGoals
199370
199440
199570
199620
199760
199881
199960
Total401

Personal life

Shulku is married to Evis and they have two children.[5] He has been general secretary of the Albanian FA since November 2012.[6]

Honours

  • Albanian Superliga: 1
1993[7]
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gollark: Prove it.
gollark: And what if you suddenly cease to exist? People won't be able to use it nonpiratically if they switch computers.
gollark: One time every time you move computers or something.
gollark: Not really.

References

  1. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  2. German career stats – FuPa
  3. Appearances for Albania National Team – RSSSF
  4. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. Shulku rrëfen anën e butë: Si e njoha dashurinë e jetës – Panorama (in Albanian)
  6. Results hint at Albanian ascension – UEFA
  7. Albania – Championship Winning Teams – RSSSF


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