Edmond Lufi

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| name = Edmond Lufi

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|02|14}}

| birth_place = Shkodër, Albania

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1990-1991| clubs1 = Vllaznia | caps1 = 33 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1991-1992| clubs2 = Tirana | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1992–1994| clubs3 = Valletta | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1994–1998| clubs4 = Ħamrun Spartans | caps4 = 87 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1998–2001| clubs5 = Pietà Hotspurs | caps5 = 51 | goals5 = 13

| years6 = 2001–2002| clubs6 = Naxxar Lions | caps6 = 28 | goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2003 | clubs7 = Hibernians | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2003–2005| clubs8 = Mqabba | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 2

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| manageryears1 = 2006-2007 | managerclubs1 = Marsa

| manageryears2 = 2007-2008 | managerclubs2 = Hibernians

| manageryears3 = 2011-2013 | managerclubs3 = Pietà Hotspurs

| manageryears4 = 2013-2016 | managerclubs4 = San Ġwann

| manageryears5 = 2016 | managerclubs5 = Mosta

| manageryears6 = 2018-2019 | managerclubs6 = Melita

| manageryears7 = 2020- 2024 | managerclubs7 = Luqa St. Andrew's

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Edmond Lufi (born 14 February 1969) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played the majority of his career in the Maltese league.

Playing career

One of the first players to leave his country after the fall of communism in Albania, Lufi moved to Malta and played for several clubs as a defender and later became a manager. He left his role as player/coach at Naxxar Lions to join Hibernians in January 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0f907f26754e-8b3ff9b3c498-1000--lufi-heads-for-hibernians/|title=Lufi heads for Hibernians|website=UEFA|date=11 January 2003|access-date=14 February 2024}}

Managerial career

Lufi rejoined Hibernians in 2011 as assistant to head coach Mark Miller.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-06-30/others/football-mark-miller-and-lufi-confirmed-294856/|newspaper=Independent|title=Football: Mark Miller And Lufi confirmed|date=30 June 2011|access-date=14 February 2024}} His first stint at the helm was in 2006 when he took charge of Marsa,{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/marsa-appoint-lufi-as-coach.36135|newspaper=Times of Malta|title=Marsa appoint Lufi as coach|date=6 November 2006|access-date=14 February 2024|last=Camilleri|first=Valhmor}} Lufi also worked two years for Pietà Hotspurs,{{cite web|url=https://www.maltafootball.com/2013/05/09/edmond-lufi-and-piet-hotspurs-part-ways/|website=Malta Football|title=Edmond Lufi and Pietà Hotspurs part ways|date=9 May 2013|access-date=14 February 2024|last=Busuttil|first=Antoine}} for San Ġwann and Mosta{{cite web|url=https://www.maltafootball.com/2016/10/01/edmond-lufi-resigns-from-mosta-fc-coach/|website=Malta Football|title=Edmond Lufi resigns from Mosta FC coach|date=1 October 2016|access-date=14 February 2024|last=Busuttil|first=Antoine}} and he was appointed manager of Melita in June 2018.{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/new-coaching-set-up-at-melita-fc.681197|newspaper=Times of Malta|title=New coaching set-up at Melita FC|date=8 June 2018|access-date=14 February 2024}}