Ilia Shuke was a footballer and coach of the

Albania national football team The Albania national football team ( sq, Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football, and is governed by the Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania. Albania co ...

for a short spell in 1973, where he led the team to their first ever

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win, a 1–0 defeat of

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in October 1973.

Managerial career

His other two matches in charge of Albania were a World Cup qualification loss against

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, and a friendly draw against

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. He also was an assistant to national team coach

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 ...

in the 1960s.III. 1967: Risitë e të vërtetave të Shqipëria-Gjermania 0-0 dhe Loro Boriçi
- Panorama

References

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