Sulejman Mema

Sulejman Haxhi Mema (born 17 November 1955) is an Albanian former football player and manager of Tirana Youth.^[1] He has also been head of refereeing at the Football Association of Albania.^[2]

Sulejman Mema

Personal information
Full name	Sulejman Haxhi Mema
Date of birth	(1955-11-17) 17 November 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tirana B (manager)
Youth career
	17 Nëntori
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973-1985	17 Nëntori
International career
1983	Albania	1	(0)
Managerial career
1995–1996	Tirana
2002	Tirana
2003	Tirana
2003–2004	Partizani
2004–2005	Partizani
2005	Partizani
2008	Tirana
2016-	Tirana Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

He made his debut for Albania in an April 1983 European Championship qualification match against Northern Ireland, coming on as a second-half substitute for Shkëlqim Muça. It turned out to be his sole international match.^[3]

Personal life

Sulejman was born into a football family, as he is the son of Haxhi Mema and the nephew of Ali Mema another former player and manager of Tirana, who in 2006 was honoured with the "Legend of Albanian Football" award by FAA.^[4] He is also the nephew of Osman Mema, Haxhi's brother, and cousin of Ardian Mema.^[4]

Mema is the principal of the Sports mastery school Loro Boriçi in Tirana.^[5]

Honours

Player

• Albanian Superliga: 2

1982, 1985^[6]

Manager

Tirana^[2]

• Albanian Superliga: 1998–99, 2003–04
• Albanian Supercup: 2003, 2007