Lesh Shkreli
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 6, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Ulcinj, PR Montenegro, Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Detroit Express (indoor) | 10 | (0) |
| 1980 | Detroit Express | 2 | (0) |
| 1981 | New York Eagles | 25 | (7) |
| 1982 | Oklahoma City Slickers | ||
| 1983 | Pennsylvania Stoners | ||
| 1984 | Houston Dynamos | ||
| 1984–1986 | Columbus Capitals (indoor) | 79 | (88) |
| 1986–1987 | Toledo Pride (indoor) | 17 | (9) |
| 1987–1988 | Canton Invaders (indoor) | ||
| 1988–1989 | Dayton Dynamo (indoor) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1986 | Columbus Capitals (interim) | ||
| 1998– | Ohio Dominican University (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Columbus Shooting Stars | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lesh Shkreli (born January 6, 1957)[1] is a retired Montenegrin soccer forward who played in Yugoslavia, Greece and the United States. He led the American Indoor Soccer Association in scoring in 1984-1985, earning MVP honors.
Shkreli is Albanian ethnic origin, more precisely of the Shkreli subgroup of Albanians who are a minority in coastal Montenegro.
Shkreli began his career in the Red Star Belgrade youth system. At some point in his career he played in the Greek First Division. In 1980, Shkreli signed with the Detroit Express in the North American Soccer League (NASL).[2] The Express was sold at the end of the 1980-1981 indoor season and moved to Washington D.C. where it became the Washington Diplomats. Shkreli did not make the move. In 1982, Shkreli played for the Oklahoma City Slickers in the American Soccer League.[3] In the summer of 1984, he played for the Houston Dynamos in the United Soccer League. In 1984, he signed with the Columbus Capitals of the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA). He led the league in scoring with fifty-nine goals in forty games, earning first team All Star and league MVP recognition. The Capitals folded at the end of the 1985-1986 season and the Toledo Pride picked up Shkreli in the dispersal draft. He played only seventeen games with the Pride before his contract was purchased by the Canton Invaders on January 15, 1987.[4] Shkreli moved to the Dayton Dynamo for the 1988-1989 season. On September 19, 1989, the Dynamo traded him to the Chicago Power in exchange for Victor Quni. Shkreli declined to sign with the Power and retired.[5]