Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stavri Lubonja | ||
Date of birth | 1935 (age 88–89) | ||
Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1961 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
Managerial career | |||
-1968 | Flamurtari | ||
1979–1981 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stavri Lubonja (born September 1935) is a former Albanian player and manager.
Playing career
Club
He spent his six-year football-playing career with capital club Dinamo Tirana, winning three national championships.
During the 1959 season, Lubonja was the league top goalscorer with 11 goals, with Dinamo, who finished in 3rd place.[1]
Managerial career
Lubonja also served at Dinamo Tirana as the manager, winning the league in the 1979–80 season.[2]
Personal life
Lubonja is married with his long-time partner Mediha Lubonja (née Veçani), who was a dancer.[3] He also holds American citizenship,[4] since his father had emigrated to the USA only to return to Korçë in 1931, four years before Stavri was born.[5]
Honours
References
- ↑ "Topscorere fra Albanien" (in German). Foot.dk. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ Giovanni Armillotta (24 December 2015). "ALBANIAN FOOTBALL SEASON 1979-80". Giovanni Armillotta. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ Uvil Zajmi (14 August 2015). "Mediha e Stavri Lubonja, dashuria e bujshme e balerinës me futbollistin e Dinamos" (in Albanian). Panorama. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ Aida Tuci (5 November 2000). "Lubonja, njeriut që i mungon Shqipëria : Futbollisti që mori nënshtetësinë amerikane, por që nuk mësoi as një fjalë anglisht" (in Albanian). Bksh.al. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ Uvil Zajmi (2 July 2016). "Historia unike e Stavri Lubonjës që heshti 20 mijë veta në stadium" (in Albanian). Panorama. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ↑ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
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