Haki Korça ( – February 2006) was a Turkish-born Albanian football player who played for both
Sportklub Tiranë during the 1930s and early 1940s.
Korça tried his luck in Italian football during World War II along with compatriots
Loro Boriçi
Lorenco Boriçi (4 August 1922 – 25 April 1984), commonly known as Loro Boriçi was an Albanian association football forward and is regarded as one of Albania's football legends.
He played mostly for Partizan Tirana (won the 1949 and 1954 A ...
and
Sllave Llambi
Sllave Llambi (26 June 1919 – 1985) was an Albanian football midfielder. He was also coach of Albania for a time.
Club career
Llambi is considered to be the first Albanian that has ever won a " Scudetto" in Italy's Serie A (with Bologna F.C. i ...
.
Personal life and death
Korça was born in
Istanbul
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, Turkey, but raised in
Tiranë, Albania. He later moved to
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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, Italy, before settling in
Toronto, Ontario
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, Canada. He died there in February 2006, at the age of 89.
Honours
*
Albanian Superliga
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1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
,
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF
References
1910s births
Year of birth uncertain
2006 deaths
Footballers from Tirana
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
KF Tirana players
AS Roma players
Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
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