The Sports mastery school Loro Boriçi

Loro Boriçi

Loro Boriçi was an Albanian football player most famous in 1940s and 1950s....

is a sports high school

Sports School

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 that specializes in cultivating young football players. It is located in Tirana

Tirana

Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

, Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

. Recently the Albanian government, in collaboration with the Albanian Football Association, has taken a decision to transform it into a National Academy of Football.

In the 2010-2011 academic year the school had 120 students and 30 teachers, and according to its principal, former notable player Sulejman Mema

Sulejman Mema

Sulejman Mema is a former player and manager of SK Tirana. He has also been head of refereeing at the Football Association of Albania.Currently Mema is the principal of the Sports mastery school Loro Boriçi in Tirana.-References:...

, is expected to have more in the future, given the endorsement of the Albanian government.