Shala made one appearance for the Croatia national team in a 2–1 win against the United States on 17 October 1990,[1][2] during a friendly match before the Croatian Football Federation was affiliated by FIFA in 1992.
Shala was the head coach of FC Prishtina in Kosovar Superliga.
But after FC Prishtina failed to win the Kosovar Superliga, he was sacked.
[3] Shala was named assistant to manager Guido Hoffmann at SVN Zweibrücken in October 2014.
[4] Shala was born in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) and is of Albanian descent.