Ylli Shehu

Ylli Shehu
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-03-13) 13 March 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1993 Partizani Tirana
1993 Apollon Smyrnis 15 (2)
1994–1995 Šibenik 43 (24)
1995–1996 Cercle Brugge 33 (6)
1997–1998 Šibenik 31 (11)
International career
1988–1995 Albania 10 (1)
Managerial career
2010 Teuta Durrës
2011 Partizani
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ylli Shehu (born 13 March 1966) is an Albanian retired football player.

Club career

Shehu made his senior debut for Partizani against Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin in 1984[1] aged only 16[2] and he won two Albanian championships in 1987 and 1993 with them.[3] He had been out injured for almost two years from 1990 only to regain fitness and win that second league title.[4]

After that he moved to Croatia and spent several seasons with HNK Šibenik, scoring 40 goals in the Croatian Prva HNL.[5] He also played for Apollon Athens in the Greek Alpha Ethniki[6] and had a season in Belgium with Cercle Brugge.

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1988 friendly match away to Romania and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1995 European Championship qualification match against Bulgaria.[7]

Honours

1987, 1993[8]

References

  1. ^ Ylli Shehu: Ndeshje e vështirë, por Partizani është Partizani - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  2. ^ Babai me Dinamon, unë zgjodha Partizanin - Konica (in Albanian)
  3. ^ Hoxha, Florent & Pandovski, Fatjon (20 May 2004). "Albania - Championship Winning Teams". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  4. ^ Ylli Shehu: Ju rrëfej Spanjën e fundit në Tiranë… dhe një episod me Millon - Shekulli (in Albanian)
  5. ^ Kramaršić, Igor & Purić, Bojan (12 June 2009). "Croatia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  6. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Ylli Shehu - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  8. ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF


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