Mirel Josa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mirel Josa | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1990 | Tirana | 100 | (22) |
| 1990–1991 | Nea Kavala | 20 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | Aris | 17 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | ILTEX Lykoi | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1992 | Albania | 27 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | Tirana | ||
| 2006 | Tirana | ||
| 2007–2008 | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
| 2008–2009 | Elbasani | ||
| 2009–2010 | Teuta Durrës | ||
| 2010–2011 | Shkumbini Peqin | ||
| 2011–2012 | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
| 2012–2016 | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||
| 2016– | Tirana | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mirel Josa (born 1 June 1963) is an Albanian football coach and former player, who currently works as head coach of KF Tirana. As a player, he played in the Greek Alpha Ethniki for Nea Kavala and Aris, as well as making 27 international appearances for the Albania national football team between 1984 and 1992.
Josa started his club career with his boyhood club Tirana where he would play for ten years. He will be long remembered by the fans for his last-minute goal against the Romanian side Dinamo București in the 1986–87 edition of European Cup Winners' Cup, which brought his team in the best 16 of the competition, where they got eliminated by Malmö.
Later, Josa left the country for the first time and moved aboard, signing with the Greek Nea Kavala. There, he played only in the 1991–92 season, recording 20 appearances and one goal, leaving the team at the end of the team. For the next season, Josa remained in Greece where he signed a one-year contract with Aris. He played only one season with the club, just like he did with Nea Kavala. He ended his playing career with ILTEX Lykoi after the end of 1996–96 season.
In his youth years Josa distinguished himself both as a defensive and attacking midfielder. During the 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, played in Finland, Josa managed to score a goal against Netherlands, in a 1–3 loss, which disqualified Netherlands, where Marco van Basten was present.
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