Zyber Konçi

Zyber Konçi is a former coach of Albania. He 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 1964 European Nations' Cup, where he also obtained the first victory for Albania in such tournaments' qualifiers, against Denmark.

He will also be remembered as the coach that played the youngest player ever on the Albania national team, Dinamo's Iljaz Çeço, in a friendly against Algeria on October 11, 1964 finished in a 1-1 draw.[1]

He died on 19th January 2015 , at the age of 88. [2]

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