Gezim Ljalja (Serbian Cyrillic: Гезим Љаља, Albanian: Gëzim Lala; born July 25, 1956) is a former Yugoslav footballer who spent his entire career at FK Zemun and became one of the greatest and most notable players of the club.

Born in Gjakova, SAP Kosovo,[3] back then an autonomous province of SR Serbia within Yugoslavia, Ljalja grew up in his hometown where he started playing football from a young age.

[3] Immediately upon their return, Stjepan Bobek and Marko Valok, who were coaching at the time FK Galenika Zemun, brought Ljalja along with his Vëllaznimi teammate Đokica Stanojević, to the club.

[4] Around mid-1970s, as a player of FK Galenika Zemun, Ljalja was playing for Yugoslav youth national team at the Monte Carlo tournament in honour of Prince Charles.

[3] He married at age 41 to his wife Kimet whom he met during holidays in Gjakova, and has two children, a son Eduard and a daughter Edita both born and living in Zemun.