Skënder Halili

Skënder Halili
Personal information
Full name Skënder Ahmet Halili
Date of birth (1940-08-20)20 August 1940
Place of birth Tiranë, Albania
Date of death 13 December 1982(1982-12-13) (aged 42)
Place of death Tiranë, Albania
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1954–1957 Puna Tiranë
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 17 Nëntori
1959–1961 Dinamo
1963–1966 17 Nëntori
International career
1963–1965 Albania 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Skënder Ahmet Halili (born 20 August 1940 – 13 December 1982) was an Albanian football player who played for 17 Nëntori, Dinamo and the Albania national team.

Club career

Halili played for Dinamo Tirana from December 1959 until December 1961, when he was suspended for a year after he wanted to, but was not allowed to, leave Dinamo.[1]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a June 1963 Olympic Games qualification match against Bulgaria and earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1965 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland.[2]

Personal life

In 1966, he was arrested and imprisoned for 11 months for allegedly doing business on the black market and later sent to work in the copper mines. It automatically meant his playing career finished at 26. He died in December 1982 from a serious illness.[1]

Honours

Dinamo
17 Nëntori

References

  1. ^ a b Skënder Halili: Vezullimi i ndërprerë i një ylli, do ndriçojë gjatë në futbollin shqiptar (Bio) - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  2. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams


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