Ilir Luarasi | |
Fullname: | Ilir Luarasi |
Birth Date: | 1954 3, df=yes |
Death Place: | France |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1976–1987 |
Clubs1: | Dinamo Tirana |
Nationalyears1: | 1981–1982 |
Nationalteam1: | Albania |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1990–1995 |
Managerclubs1: | Kastrioti |
Ilir Luarasi (12 March 1954 – 17 January 2018) was an Albanian retired football player. He was a goalkeeper for Dinamo Tiranë and the Albania national team in the 70s and 80s.[1]
Luarasi spent 11 years between the posts of Dinamo, playing alongside fellow internationals Muhedin Targaj and Ilir Përnaska among others. He won three league titles and two domestic cups with the club and played in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup.[2]
He was found dead in his house in France in January 2018.[3]
He made his debut for Albania in a November 1981 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against West Germany and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a September 1982 European Championship qualification match against Austria.[4]
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