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Ilir Daja was born on 20 October, 1966 in Tirana, Albania, is an Albanian footballer and coach. Discover Ilir Daja's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 20 October, 1966
Birthday 20 October
Birthplace Tirana, Albania
Nationality Albania

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1966

Ilir Daja (born 20 October 1966 in Tirana) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Ballkani.

He has won the Albanian League as a coach with three different clubs: KF Elbasani, Dinamo Tirana and Skenderbeu Korçe.

He also won the Kosovo Superleague two times with Ballkani and lead them to qualification for the group stage of UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Daja spent his youth career with 17 Nëntori, before playing for Dinamo Tirana for ten years.

1989

In 1989, in Dinamo's European Champion Clubs' Cup clash against Dinamo București, Daja suffered a major knee injury that forced him to go on surgery several times.

1999

Daja also become the first manager since Sulejman Mema in 1999 to achieve this feat.

2005

Daja started his managerial career in 2005 with Elbasani whom he stayed until 2007, helping the club to win the Kategoria Superiore in 2005–06 season.

Then he signed with Dinamo Tirana two seasons later to prevail again in this competition.

2015

In October 2015, Daja begun negotiations with Tirana and on 28th, Daja signed a contract until the end of the season.

He was presented to the media the next day.

Tirana defeated Kukësi 2–1 at home in Daja's first match in charge, returning in winning ways after three league matches.

2016

On 1 November 2016, following the goalless draw against Vllaznia, Daja was released from his contract by club president Refik Halili.

2017

On 3 January 2017, Daja was hired as the new coach of Skënderbeu hours after the departure of Andrea Agostinelli, who was released from the club.

He was introduced the next day, declaring that if the team didn't win the league, it would be a big failure.

In the summer of 2017, Daja guided the team in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds, being the mastermind as Skënderbeu achieved group stage for the second time ever and also become the first Albanian club to pass four rounds.

They easily won in the first qualifying round versus amateur side Sant Julià, progressing to the next round 6–0 on aggregate.

In the second round, Skënderbeu managed a 1–1 draw versus Kairat at Almaty Central Stadium for the first leg; despite being down in the first ten minutes after a Gerard Gohou, the team pushed for an equalizer and got it thanks to a Bakary Nimaga tap-in.

In the second leg, Daja's team won 2–0 to progress to next round 3–1 on aggregate; his decision to play Sebino Plaku for James Adeniyi resulted a success as the striker scored the second goal with a lob.

In the first match of third round versus Mladá Boleslav, Skënderbeu lost 2–1 after a late goal scored by the opposition, only one minute after Skënderbeu's equalizer.

In the second match, Daja's side won with the same score, which led the match to penalty shootouts where his side was more precise as they won 4–2 to reach the play-off for the third time in history.

In the play-off round, the team played Dinamo Zagreb; they earned a 1–1 draw at Stadion Maksimir despite being on lead until the injury time, before holding on to a goalless draw in the returning leg to group stage on away goal rule.

2018

On 9 May 2018, Skënderbeu was confirmed as Kategoria Superiore champion following a 4–2 win at Lushnja and Kukësi's 3–2 away defeat to Teuta.

Later on 27 May, he led to team to the Albanian Cup success, by defeating 1–0 Laçi in the final for their first ever Albanian Cup title.

Skënderbeu thus completed the domestic double for the first time in history.

On 19 June 2018, after Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's decision to exclude Skënderbeu from UEFA competitions for the next 10 years, Daja announced his departure from the club.

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