Lorenco Boriçi (4 August 1922 – 25 April 1984), commonly known as Loro Boriçi was an Albanian

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who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of Albania's greatest players. He played mostly for Partizan Tirana (won the 1949 and 1954 Albanian title and scored 68 goals for them) and Vllaznia Shkodër (won the 1945 Albanian title). Boriçi was the reserve of

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in Italian

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with

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. He captained

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in winning the 1946 Balkan Cup. Today, Loro-Boriçi Stadium in

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...

is named in his honor.

Club career

Born Lorenco Boriçi on 4 August 1922 in

, the northern part of

to an Albanian

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family, whom spoke the

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in the Gheg dialect. His family descends from Boriç a village near Antivar,

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may be a distant relative. Boriçi was pursuing secondary studies in the Xaverian College of his city, and was only 15 when he played as part of the first team of Vllaznia Shkodër in an August 1937 friendly against

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. He went to Italy, and registered at

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, to pursue Jurisprudence studies, and in 1941, became part of the

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team, where he played in the first year with the reserves, and in the second year he was part of the first team, with which he scored 6 goals in 19 matches. Upon his return to Albania he captained Vllaznia Shkodër to two titles, the

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, and the

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ones, after which, in 1949, at the age of 27, he joined Partizani Tirana. With Partizani Boriçi won the

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and

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titles. He closed his career at Spartak Tirana, but it is believed that he may have played some games also with Flamurtari Vlorë.

International career

Boriçi made his debut for the Albania national team in an August 1946

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against

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and earned a total of 24 caps, scoring 6 goals. His final international was a September 1957

against

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. Boriçi captained Albania in winning the Balkan Cup in

Managerial career

Boriçi became then manager at KF Partizani, a team which he led to winning the 1962–63, the 1963–64, and the 1970–71 titles, in addition he led also the 1963–64, the 1965–66, the 1967–68, and the 1969–70 Albanian Cups. Aside Partizani, he managed the Albania national team in five separate stints.

Personal life

Boriçi never married, but it was believed that he had fathered a son with a married woman. KF Tirana fans during the derbies against

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, would usually sing the name of his natural son, in order to make him angry, which usually succeeded.

Honors

; Albanian Superliga *as a player: 3Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF ::

*as a coach: 3 ::

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

:: 1946 Balkan Cup winner as a Player & Captain

References

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