De Biasi renews Albania contract despite WCup flop

De Biasi renews Albania contract despite WCup flop

Published Oct. 24, 2013 11:55 a.m. ET

Giovanni De Biasi has renewed his contract as Albania coach for another two years despite poor results in World Cup qualifying.

The country's football federation said Thursday that the 57-year-old Italian will prepare the squad for 2016 European Championship qualifiers.

De Biasi, a former coach at Torino and Udinese, took over Albania in 2011.

The squad lost five of its 10 World Cup qualifiers in a group that also included qualifier Switzerland and playoff team Iceland as well as Slovenia, Norway, and Cyprus.

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