He made his debut for Albania in an October 1987 European Championship qualification match against Romania and earned a total of 30 caps, scoring no goals.
[1] His final international was an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal.
[2] On 15 September 2012, Lekbello was named the new manager of Tirana, replacing the Spaniard Julián Rubio.
[6] In an interview on 13 May 2017, Lekbello stated that the disease is called "Muscle scarcity", which starts from hands or legs.
[6] After his illness was made public in the Greek media, it was reported that a friendly match will be played on 17 May between the veterans of Aris Thessaloniki and Greece players that won the UEFA Euro 2004 to raise money for the treatment of the disease.