Shkëlqim Muça (born 19 March 1960) is an

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football coach and former player.

Playing career

Club

He created the attacking trio Muça- Minga-

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at Nëntori Tirana that was probably the best and most prolific attacking trio in the

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n football at all times. All three players combined have scored around 400 goals for

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in little more than a decade. Muça has won several championships and Albanian cups with

as a footballer and as a coach.

International

He made his debut for

in a September 1982 European Championship qualification match away at

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and earned a total of 16 caps, scoring 2 goals. He played in the famous December 1984 home win over

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and his final international was an October 1987 European Championship qualification match against

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Legacy

He will be remembered by football fans as one of the finest

footballers of the 1980s, skillful with the ball, but also distinguished as an extraordinary assist man, and a strong shooter. Muça's skills have been shown many times on the pitch: he could play in the center or the right side of the midfield.

Managerial career

Muça has had one of the most successful coaching careers in the post '90 footballistic

, first as

and Dinamo then as

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coach. He obtained the FIFA coaching license in May 2008.

Director career

In December 2015, Muça was employed as club chief by Partizani Tirana.

Honours

Player

;Tirana *

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: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89 *

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: 1982–83, 1983–84

Manager

;Tirana *

: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07 *

: 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06 ;Dinamo Tirana *

: 2009–10 ;Skënderbeu Korçë *

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* 1960 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Albania men's international footballers KF Tirana players Albanian football managers KF Tirana managers KF Teuta managers KF Besa Kavajë managers FC Dinamo City managers KF Skënderbeu Korçë managers Flamurtari FC managers FK Kukësi managers Kategoria Superiore managers 20th-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-midfielder-stub