Skënder Gega

Skënder Gega (born 14 November 1963) is an Albanian football manager and former player.

Skënder Gega

Gega in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-11-14) 14 November 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Tropojë, Albania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
000–1983	Partizani Tirana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1990	Partizani
1992–1993	Sportfreunde Siegen
1994–1996	Partizani	14	(1)
International career
1987	Albania U21	1	(0)
1987–1989	Albania	10[1]	(0)
Managerial career
2007	USA women's U16 (assistant)[2]
2008	USA women's U17 (assistant)[3]
2008	Seton Hall Pirates (assistant)
2011	Albania U19
2011–2015	Albania U21
2015–2016	Al-Jahra
2018−2019	Partizani
2020	Kukësi
2022	Skënderbeu
2022	Kukësi
2025	Partizani
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Gega played the majority of his career at Partizani, an Albanian team, whilst also having a two-year stint with German side Sportfreunde Siegen between 1990 and 1994.

International

He made his debut for Albania in an April 1987 Euro Championship qualification match against Austria and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Sweden.^[4]

Coaching career

He was appointed the head coach of the Albania under-19s in February 2011 where he remained until October 2011, when he was promoted to the head coach of the Albania under-21s.^[5][6]

During the summer of 2018, Gega joined Partizani Tirana, where he'd coach his team in the UEFA Europa League, Albanian Superliga, and the Albanian Cup. He won his first title as a manager, and the first for Partizani in 26 years. In June 2019, he left the club for personal reasons.

Honours

As player

• Albanian Superliga: 1987^[7]

As coach

• Albanian Superliga: 2019