Skënder Ahmet Halili (born 20 August 1940 – 13 December 1982) was an Albanian football player who played for 17 Nëntori, Dinamo and the Albania national team.

Club career

Halili played for

Dinamo Tirana Futboll Club Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital Tirana. They play in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football, in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1950 during the communist ...

from December 1959 until December 1961, when he was suspended for a year after he wanted to, but was not allowed to, leave Dinamo.Skënder Halili: Vezullimi i ndërprerë i një ylli, do ndriçojë gjatë në futbollin shqiptar (Bio)
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International career

He made his debut for

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in a June 1963

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qualification match against

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and earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1965 FIFA World Cup qualification match against

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Personal life

In 1966, he was arrested and imprisoned for 11 months for allegedly doing business on the black market en later sent to work in the copper mines. It automatically meant his playing career finished at 26. He died in December 1982 from a serious illness.

Honours

;Dinamo * Albanian National Championship (1):

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

;17 Nëntori * Albanian National Championship (2): 1964–65, 1965–66Albania - Championship Winning Teams
/ref> * Republic Cup (1): 1962–63

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* 1940 births 1982 deaths Footballers from Tirana Albanian footballers Association football central defenders Albania international footballers FK Dinamo Tirana players KF Tirana players Prisoners and detainees of Albania {{Albania-footy-defender-stub