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10 Facts About Foto Strakosha

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Fotaq "Foto" Strakosha was born on 29 March 1965 and is an Albanian retired goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach of Lazio Youth.

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Foto Strakosha captained the Albania national team for a number of years before his retirement in 2005.

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Foto Strakosha became the most ever capped Albanian player having 73 caps to his name for the Albania national team from 1990 to 2005.

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Foto Strakosha started his senior career for Minatori in 1985 beforing moving to Albanian giants Dinamo Tirana.

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Foto Strakosha was Albania's national team goalkeeper from 1990 to 2005.

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Foto Strakosha made his debut on 30 May 1990 and retired on 13 October 2005.

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Foto Strakosha was first called up to the Albania senior team by coach Agron Sulaj for a Euro 1992 qualifier against Iceland in May 1990.

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Foto Strakosha had to wait more than a year for his next shot at international football, with the departure of Agron Sulaj as the national manager and the introduction of Bejkush Birce.

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Foto Strakosha left Albania U19 on 12 August 2014 to work for Olympiacos as goalkeeping coach.

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Foto Strakosha left Olympiacos and moved at Lazio Youth to work again as goalkeeping coach; he rejoined his son Thomas who was part of Lazio's senior team.