Sulejman Starova (born 12 December 1955) is an
Albania
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football
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coach and retired player.
Managerial career
As a manager, he has been in charge of his previous club
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 ...
as well as
KF Tirana
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,
Besa Kavajë Besa or BESA may refer to:
Arts & entertainment
* ''Besa'' (newspaper), a newspaper published in Albania
* ''Besa'' (TV series), a Serbian-British television series produced by Adrenalin and Red Planet Pictures
* ''The Besa'', a novel by Albanian ...
and
Teuta Durrës
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 Agro ...
. He has also been technical director of Partizani, Teuta and
FK Kukësi
Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Kukës. The club plays its home games at the Zeqir Ymeri Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria Superiore, the highest tier of Albanian football. Th ...
. On 10 February 2014 he was named as the manager of
FK Kukësi
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following the departure of
Naci Şensoy
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Playing career
Born in Prizren, Yugoslavia, he moved to Turkey where he began ...
.
On 5 November 2017, Partizani Tirana announced on their official website that Starova will be the replacement of the sacked
Mark Iuliano
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, starting the training on 7th. In September 2018, Starova was fired by Kosovan side
Feronikeli after 12 matches in charge.
Managerial statistics
Director career
Starova was the General Secretary of the
Albanian Football Association
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until 2004. On 17 June 2014, he was named the new sporting director of Partizani Tirana.
Honours
; as a player
*
Albanian Superliga
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1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
,
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
; as a manager
*
Albanian Superliga
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: 1
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1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF
References
1955 births
Living people
Footballers from Tirana
Albanian footballers
Albania under-21 international footballers
Association football defenders
KF Tirana players
FK Partizani Tirana players
Albanian football managers
FK Partizani Tirana managers
KF Tirana managers
KF Teuta Durrës managers
Besa Kavajë managers
FK Kukësi managers
KF Feronikeli managers
KF Laçi managers
Kategoria Superiore players
Kategoria Superiore managers
Albanian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Kosovo
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo
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