Ilir Kepa

Ilir Kepa (born 21 April 1966 in Shkodër) is an Albanian retired football striker who played for the Albania national team.

Ilir Kepa
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-04-21) 21 April 1966
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Vllaznia Shkodër
1991–1994 RWDM 41 (8)
1994–1996 Louhans-Cuiseaux 24 (14)
1996–1998 Olympic Charleroi 51
National team
1988–1993 Albania 7 (1)
Teams managed
2007 RWDM47
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Kepa played for Vllaznia Shkodër but fled communist Albania on 30 March 1991 alongside six other internationals (among them Rudi Vata), when the left the national team's hotel in Paris right after the European Championship qualification match against France.[1] He ended up in Belgium and joined Hugo Broos' RWDM and stayed for three years. He then had a couple of seasons at French third tier with Louhans-Cuiseaux,[2] before returning to Belgium and finish his career at Olympic Charleroi, for whom he played 51 matches.[3]

International

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1988 friendly match away to Romania and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Spain.[4]

Managerial career

Kepa was appointed coach of reformed RWDM47 in 2007.[5] In 2009 he took charge of the Ganshoren reserves team.[6]

References
  1. UN REFUGIE ALBANAIS A LA RESCOUSSE DU RWDM:ILIR KEPA A L'AUBERGE DU BON REFUGE - Le Soir (in French)
  2. Louhans-Cuiseaux - RCS 3-4 - RacingStub (in French)
  3. Une longue tradition : Olympic – RWDM - Olympic Charleroi (in French)
  4. "Ilir Kepa - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. Rendez-vous déjà capital pour Ilir Kepa - DH (in French)
  6. Ilir Kepa à Ganshoren - DH (in French)


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