Zyber Konçi (1 January 1927 – 19 January 2015) was a football coach who coached the Albania national team.

Managerial career

Konçi had two spells as Albania's coach, in 1963-65 and 1980. He was the first coach to lead Albania in the qualifiers of a major tournament, those of the

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, where he also obtained the first victory for Albania in such tournaments' qualifiers, against

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. He was the coach that played the youngest player ever on the Albania national team,

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, at only 17, in a friendly against Algeria on 11 October 1964 that finished in a 1–1 draw.

Personal life and death

Konçi was educated in Czechoslovakia and introduced scientific methods at the Albanian Institute of Physical Culture and Sports; he also was the founder of the famous

Shkëndija Tiranë Shkëndija Tiranë is an Albanian football club based in Tirana, and is the football team of the Sports mastery school Loro Boriçi. The academy is famous for being one of the most successful in the country and has produced 35 Albanian internat ...

football academy, which produced many Albanian football talents. He died on 19 January 2015, at the age of 88.Ndahet nga jeta Zyber Konçi
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References

1927 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Tirana Albanian football managers FC Dinamo City managers Albania national football team managers KF Tirana managers {{Albania-footy-bio-stub