{{Short description|Albanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ylli Shehu | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|03|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tirana, Albania | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1984–1993 | clubs1 = Partizani Tirana | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1993 | clubs2 = Apollon Smyrnis | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1994–1995 | clubs3 = Šibenik | caps3 = 43 | goals3 = 24 | years4 = 1995–1996 | clubs4 = Cercle Brugge | caps4 = 33 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 1997–1998 | clubs5 = Šibenik | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 11 | nationalyears1 = 1988–1995 | nationalteam1 = Albania | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | manageryears1 = 2010 | managerclubs1 = Teuta Durrës | manageryears2 = 2011 | managerclubs2 = Partizani }}
'''Ylli Shehu''' (born 13 March 1966) is an Albanian retired football player.
==Club career== Shehu made his senior debut for Partizani against Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin in 1984<ref>[https://telegraf.al/sport/ylli-shehu-ndeshje-e-veshtire-por-partizani-eshte-partizani/ Ylli Shehu: Ndeshje e vështirë, por Partizani është Partizani] - Telegraf {{in lang|sq}}</ref> aged only 16<ref>[https://konica.al/2018/09/babai-me-dinamon-une-zgjodha-partizanin/ Babai me Dinamon, unë zgjodha Partizanin] - Konica {{in lang|sq}}</ref> and he won two Albanian championships in 1987 and 1993 with them.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author1=Hoxha, Florent |author2=Pandovski, Fatjon |name-list-style=amp |title=Albania - Championship Winning Teams|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/alba-champ-teams.html|date=2004-05-20}}</ref> He had been out injured for almost two years from 1990 only to regain fitness and win that second league title.<ref>[http://shekulli.com.al/ylli-shehu-ju-rrefej-spanjen-e-fundit-ne-tirane-dhe-nje-episod-me-millon/ Ylli Shehu: Ju rrëfej Spanjën e fundit në Tiranë… dhe një episod me Millon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031010742/http://shekulli.com.al/ylli-shehu-ju-rrefej-spanjen-e-fundit-ne-tirane-dhe-nje-episod-me-millon/ |date=31 October 2019 }} - Shekulli {{in lang|sq}}</ref>
After that he moved to Croatia and spent several seasons with HNK Šibenik, scoring 40 goals in the Croatian Prva HNL.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author1=Kramaršić, Igor |author2=Purić, Bojan |name-list-style=amp |title=Croatia - List of Topscorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kroatops.html|date=2009-06-12}}</ref> He also played for Apollon Athens in the Greek Alpha Ethniki<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html|date=2005-05-11|access-date=2009-10-15}}</ref> and had a season in Belgium with Cercle Brugge.
==International career== He made his debut for Albania in a September 1988 friendly match away to Romania and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1995 European Championship qualification match against Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13801|title=Ylli Shehu - national football team player|publisher=EU-Football.info|access-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
==Honours== *'''Albanian Superliga: 2''' :: 1987, 1993<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/alba-champ-teams.html Albania - Championship Winning Teams] - RSSSF</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|id=25197}} *{{WorldFootball.net|ylli-shehu}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shehu, Ylli}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Tirana Category:Albanian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Albania men's international footballers Category:FK Partizani Tirana players Category:Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Category:HNK Šibenik players Category:Cercle Brugge KSV players Category:Kategoria Superiore players Category:Croatian Football League players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:Albanian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Albanian football managers Category:KF Teuta managers Category:FK Partizani Tirana managers Category:Kategoria Superiore managers Category:20th-century Albanian sportsmen
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