Lorenco Boriçi (4 August 1922 – 25 April 1984), commonly known as Loro Boriçi was an Albanian footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of Albania's greatest players.
Born Lorenco Boriçi on 4 August 1922 in Shkodër, the northern part of Albania to an AlbanianCatholic family, whom spoke the Albanian language in the Gheg dialect. His family descends from Boriç a village near Antivar, Montenegro.[4]Daut Boriçi may be a distant relative. Boriçi was pursuing secondary studies in the Xaverian College of his city, and was only 15 when he played as part of the first team of Vllaznia Shkodër in an August 1937 friendly against Dragoi Pogradec. He went to Italy, and registered at La Sapienza University, Rome, to pursue Jurisprudence studies, and in 1941, became part of the SS Lazio team, where he played in the first year with the reserves, and in the second year he was part of the first team, with which he scored 6 goals in 19 matches. Upon his return to Albania he captained Vllaznia Shkodër to two titles, the 1945, and the 1946 ones, after which, in 1949, at the age of 27, he joined Partizani Tirana. With Partizani Boriçi won the 1949 and 1954 titles. He closed his career at Spartak Tirana, but it is believed that he may have played some games also with Flamurtari Vlorë.[1]
Boriçi never married, but it was believed that he had fathered a son with a married woman. KF Tirana fans during the derbies against FK Partizani Tirana, would usually sing the name of his natural son, in order to make him angry, which usually succeeded.[1]
^"Loro Boriçi, per sempre nella Storia del calcio albanese" [Loro Boriçi, forever in the history of Albanian football]. mondofutbol.com (in Italian). 9 March 2017. Nel 1972 inizia per Boriçi un altro importante capitolo della sua carriera da allenatore. Dati i buonissimi rapporti diplomatici tra Cina e Albania, si trasferisce proprio nella "Perla d'Oriente" dove diventerà anche allenatore della Nazionale. In molti sostengono che grazie alla sua conoscenza e preparazione tattica, l'ABC del calcio cinese sia proprio un frutto del suo lavoro. Coloro che lavoravano al suo fianco rimanevano impressionati dalla dedizione e dal tempo dedicato a perfezionare ogni dettaglio dentro e fuori dal campo
