Ilion Lika

Ilion Lika (born 17 May 1980) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and also is goalkeeping coach of Albanian club Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.

During his 19-year career span, Lika has played more than 500 matches on club level. He begun his professional career in 1999 with Dinamo Tirana, recording more than 200 appearances in all competitions before leaving for Elbasani in 2007. Lika moved for the first time aboard in January 2008 by joining Terek Grozny of Russian Premier League. He returned in Albania in January 2010, representing in quick succession Vllaznia Shkoder and Kastrioti Kruje before joining Tirana in the summer of that year where he went on to play for the next three years.

In the following years, the now veteran goalie had spells again with Kastrioti Kruje and Tirana, before joining Flamurtari Vlore in June 2014 where he played in the next two years.

He was also a member of the Albania national team between 2002 and 2010, earning 14 senior international caps.

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