Skënder Jareci (5 May 1931 – 9 March 1984) was an

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n former football manager and player. Jareci represented

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during his playing career and also won 8 caps for the Albania national team. He is the tenth all-time top goalscorer in the history of

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with 122 goals.

Playing career

Club

In 1950, Jareci joined the newly established

club, whom he won 7 championships and 6 cups, establishing himself as one of the best Albanian strikers of his generation. In the 1951 and 1952 seasons, Jareci played an important role as Dinamo won 25 consecutive matches in league, setting the record in Albania and ranked just 4th tied with

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in Europe's longest domestic winning streaks. He was Albania's player of the year three times, in 1952, 1957 and 1958.

International

Jareci made his international debut on 6 November 1949 in a friendly versus

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, entering in the second half as the match ended in a 2–1 loss. His first and only international goal came later on 29 November 1952 in the 3–2 home win over

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. He earned his last cap six years later by playing in the 1–1 draw against

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International statistics

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Managerial career

Jareci's managerial career reached its peak during his spell with Dinamo Tirana, in which he established himself as one of the greatest Albanian managers of all time. He also promoted youth talents such as

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and

Ilir Përnaska Ilir Jonuz Përnaska (born 7 May 1951) is an Albanian former footballer who played as a striker for Dinamo Tirana between 1967 and 1981, as well as the Albania national team. He is one of Dinamo's most famous players who is known for being one ...

, with the latter becoming a one-club man and scoring more than 100 goals. With Vllaznia, he won the 1964–65 Albanian Cup.Zbulohet ditari i Skënder Jarecit, strategu i Dinamos së madhe
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Personal life

Jareci was born in Durrës in 1931 to parents from Debar who had moved to Durrës in 1920 to escape conflict with neighboring Yugoslavs. His father had established himself as successful trader in Durrës, but was arrested and killed by the Albanian communists in the late 1940s once they had taken control of the country. His brother Namik Jareci was also a professional footballer who played alongside Skënder at Dinamo Tirana for several years. Skënder was married to musician Jozefilda, who derives from a family in

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. They had two daughters, Iva and Ina. He died after a long illness in 1984.

Honours

Club

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

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 * Ja ...

Albania - Championship Winning Teams
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Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

Individual

* Albanian Superliga top goalscorer:

(shared with

Refik Resmja Refik Shaban Resmja (1 January 1931 – 6 September 1997) was an Albanian professional footballer. He started his career with Tirana, but shortly after signed with Partizani Tirana where he established himself as one of the greatest players of ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jareci, Skender 1931 births 1984 deaths Footballers from Durrës Albanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Albania men's international footballers KF Teuta Durrës players FC Dinamo City players Kategoria Superiore players Albanian football managers KF Teuta Durrës managers KF Vllaznia Shkodër managers FC Dinamo City managers