Brazilian coach Ze Maria has been shown the door by Albanian club KF Tirana.
The former Gor Mahia coach was sacked following a poor start to the Superliga after an embarrassing first-ever relegation from the top flight of Albania football last year.
The 45-year old Brazilian leaves Tirana after leading Albania’s historically most successful club in its toughest times and managing to bring it back to the top flight after a humiliating first-ever relegation in the 2017-18 season.
“There are times when divorce is needed in case a marriage doesn’t get on well and its high time we divorced because of poor results,” Ze Maria, who trained teams in Italy and Kenya before joining Tirana in mid-2017, told Tirana Times.
During his time with Tirana, Ze Maria managed to sign two Kenyan players in – Kenneth Muguna and Musa Mohammed – both from Gor Mahia, but they never made it in the Albanian league as they terminated respective contracts.
Muguna has since rejoined Gor Mahia ahead of the new season that kicks-off on December 8 while Mohammed left to sign for Zambian giants Nkana FC.
The Albanian Superliga features 10 teams, two of which are relegated following a four-stage 36-game championship.
