Ardian Mema

Ardian Mema
Personal information
Full name Ardian Mema
Date of birth (1970-02-16) 16 February 1970
Place of birth Tiranë, Albania
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1989 Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1996 Tirana
1996–1997 Partizani
1997–2003 Tirana
National team
1995–1998 Albania 8 (0[1])
Teams managed
2007 Tirana
2009–2011 Albania U17
2013 Tirana B
2015 Hajer Club U-19
2017–2018 Skënderbeu (assistant)
2018 Flamurtari (assistant)
2018– Tirana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ardian Mema (born 16 November 1971 in Tiranë) is a former Albanian football player and coach who spent his entire career with KF Tirana between 1989 and 2003 and has manage both the senior team and the reserves in 2007 and 2013 respectively. He is current manager of Tirana. .[2]

Career

Playing career

Ardian was born into the prominent Mema footballing family, as his dad was former KF Tirana and Albania international Ali Mema and his uncles Haxhi and Osman were both professional footballers too. His cousin Sulejman was also a footballer and former KF Tirana player, as was Klevi Mema who died at the age of 19. He joined the senior team of KF Tirana in 1989 in the same year he began his further education at the Academy of Physical and Sports Education Vojo Kushi, where he graduated in 1993. He made his international debut in 1995 and earned 8 senior caps, with his final international appearance coming in 1998. He retired in 2003 from a 14-year career with KF Tirana where he won 6 league titles, 5 Albanian Cups and 4 Albanian Supercups, as well as being in the team of the year in 5 consecutive seasons at the heigh of his career in the 90s.[3]

Management

Following his retirement Mema went into management and became the assistant coach of KF Tirana in 2007, where he was also an interim manager for one game in 2007 before the arrival of Astrit Hafizi. He then managed the Ali Dema futsal team before going on to manage the Albania national under 17 team for two and a half years in 2009. He was also instrumental in setting up the KF Tirana B team in 2013, where he was also their first manager before stepping down to become the director of the KF Tirana academy, a post which he still holds.[4]


Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Tirana 12 October 2018 present 0 0 0 0 !—

References

  1. ↑ 11v11 profile
  2. ↑ Footballdatabase profile
  3. ↑ Ardian Mema: Ju rrëfej ambiciet e Tiranës B
  4. ↑ Ardian Mema: Tiranës i mungon numri 10, ja kush bën diferencën në ekip Archived April 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.


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