Stavri Lubonja (born September 1935) is a former
Albanian player and manager.
Playing career
Club
He spent his six-year football-playing career with capital club
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 ...
, winning three
national championships
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.
During the
1959 season, Lubonja was the league top goalscorer with 11 goals, with Dinamo, who finished in 3rd place.
Managerial career
Lubonja also served at Dinamo Tirana as the manager, winning the league in the
1979–80 season.
Personal life
Lubonja is married with his long-time partner Mediha Lubonja (née Veçani), who was a dancer. He also holds American citizenship, since his father had emigrated to the USA only to return to
Korçë
Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the eighth most populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population is 75,994 (2011 census), in a total area of . It stands on a plateau som ...
in 1931, four years before Stavri was born.
Honours
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Albanian Superliga: 1
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1955,
1956
Events
January
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* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
,
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 ...
Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF
References
1935 births
Living people
Footballers from Tirana
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
FC Dinamo City players
Albanian football managers
Flamurtari FC managers
FC Dinamo City managers
Kategoria Superiore managers
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