Zyber Konçi

Zyber Konçi was a coach of the Albania national football team.

Zyber Konçi
Personal information
Full name Zyber Konçi
Date of birth (1927-01-01)1 January 1927
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Date of death 19 January 2015(2015-01-19) (aged 88)
Place of death Tirana, Albania
Teams managed
Years Team
1959–1961 Dinamo
1963–1965 Albania
1971–1975 17 Nëntori
1980 Albania

Managerial career

He had two spells as Albania's coach, in 1963-65 and 1980. He was the first coach to lead Albania in the qualifiers of a major tournament, those of the 1964 European Nations' Cup, where he also obtained the first victory for Albania in such tournaments' qualifiers, against Denmark.

He was the coach that played the youngest player ever on the Albania national team, Dinamo's Iljaz Çeço, in a friendly against Algeria on October 11, 1964 finished in a 1-1 draw.[1]

Personal life and death

Professor Dr. Zyber Konçi was educated in Czechoslovakia and introduced scientific methods at the Albanian Institute of Physical Culture and Sports; he also was the founder of the famous Shkëndija Tiranë football academy, which produced many Albanian football talents. He died on 19 January 2015, at the age of 88.[2]

References
  1. Aventura me “fëmijët” e Kombëtares Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Ndahet nga jeta Zyber Konçi - Gazeta SHQIP (in Albanian)


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