Gentian Stojku (born 22 July 1974) is an
Albania
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n former
football midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
and football coach who most recently was the
head coach
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of
Burreli in the
Albanian First Division
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.
Playing career
Club
He started his career at
KF Elbasani
Klubi i Futbollit Elbasani is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Elbasan, that last competed in the Kategoria e Dytë, the third tier of football in the country.
History
The club was formed in 1913 as Klubi Futbollit U ...
, and then played at Shkumbini, Elbasani for a second time,
Erzgebirge Aue
Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue (), is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, ...
, Elbasani for a third time,
Teuta
Teuta ( Illyrian: *''Teutana'', 'mistress of the people, queen'; grc, Τεύτα; lat, Teuta) was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC.
Following the death of her spouse Agr ...
,
SC Pfullendorf
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, Elbasani for a fourth time,
Egnatia, Shkumbini for a second time, Elbasani for a fifth time,
Vllaznia and Elbasani for a sixth time.
International
He made his debut for
Albania
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in a May 1994
friendly match
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away against
Macedonia, in which he was substituted before half time by
Edi Martini
Eduard "Edi" Martini (born 2 January 1975) is an Albanian football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Teuta in the Kategoria Superiore.
Playing career Club
During his playing career, Martini represented mostly Vllaznia ...
. It proved to be his sole international game.
Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Stojku became coach of former club Gramshi and later managed
Sopoti and
Pogradeci.
In November 2016 he was named manager of
Tomori and
Stojku was succeeded by
Gentian Begeja as coach of
Erzeni in February 2019, when Stojku joined
Kamza. He left
Apolonia Fier
KF Apolonia is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded on 17 June 1925 and took its name from the nearby ruins of the ancient city of Apollonia. The club currently compete in the Kategoria e Parë and they play their ho ...
in June 2019 after keeping them in the
Albanian First Division
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**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
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and he was dismissed by
Burreli in October 2019.
Lajm i fundit/ Shkarkohet nga detyra Trajneri i Burrelit Gentian Stojku
- Mat TV
References
External links
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- FuPa
1974 births
Living people
People from Elbasan
Men's association football midfielders
Albanian men's footballers
Albania men's international footballers
KF Elbasani players
KF Shkumbini players
FC Erzgebirge Aue players
KF Teuta Durrës players
SC Pfullendorf players
KF Egnatia players
KF Vllaznia Shkodër players
KF Gramshi players
KF Bylis players
Albanian football managers
KF Tomori managers
FC Kamza managers
FK Apolonia Fier managers
KS Burreli managers
Kategoria Superiore players
Kategoria e Parë players
Kategoria Superiore managers
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