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Skënder Gega

Skënder Gega
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Skënder Gega in 2014
Personal information
Full name Skënder Gega
Date of birth (1963-11-14) 14 November 1963 (age 53)
Place of birth Tropojë, Albania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
000–1983 Partizani Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1992 Partizani Tirana
1992–1994 Sportfreunde Siegen
1994–1995 Partizani Tirana
National team
1987 Albania U21 1 (0)
1987–1989 Albania 10 (0)
Teams managed
2007 USA women's U16 (assistant)
2008 USA women's U17 (assistant)
2008 Seton Hall Pirates (assistant)
2011 Albania U19
2011–2015 Albania U21
2015– Al-Jahra
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Skënder Gega (born 14 November 1963) is an Albanian retired footballer. He is currently the head coach of Kuwaiti Premier League side Al-Jahra, where he became the first Albanian coach in Asia.

Gega played the majority of his career at Partizani Tirana, an Albanian team, whilst also having a two-year stint with German side Sportfreunde Siegen between 1992 and 1994. He was also a member of the Albanian national team between 1987 and 1989 where he earned 10 senior caps.

He was appointed the head coach of the Albania under-19s in February 2011 where he remained until October 2011, when he was promoted to the head coach of the Albania under-21s.


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