Ilir Biturku (born 4 February 1968) is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n retired footballer who is the current head coach of Albania U-20.

Playing career

Club

Biturku played most of his career as defender for

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and

Partizani Tirana Futboll Klub Partizani, or FK Partizani for short, is an Albanian professional football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizani's curren ...

Managerial career

He also served as assistant manager of the

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. He was manager of

Teuta Teuta (Illyrian languages, 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 ...

in 2014 and later became technical director and assistant to

Gentian Begeja Gentian Begeja (born 23 June 1973 in Durrës) is an Albanian former football player and coach who spent his entire career with Teuta Durrës Managerial career Begeja succeeded Gentian Stojku Gentian Stojku (born 22 July 1974) is an Albanian fo ...

. He was dismissed along with Begeja in June 2018.Largohet Gentian Begeja, Shkëmbi me staf të ri te Teuta…
- Panorama In December 2018 he was named head coach of the

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References

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