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Xhevahir Kapllani
Albanian footballer and manager
Xhevahir Kapllani (born 21 June 1974) is an Albanian football coach and a former goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1974-06-21) 21 June 1974 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Durrës, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | Teuta | 116 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Lushnja | 17 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Dinamo Tirana | 16 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Teuta | 23 | (0) |
| 1999 | Dinamo Tirana | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Partizani | 11 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Shqiponja/Luftëtari | 32 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Erzeni | 46 | (0) |
| 2003 | Bashkimi | 5 | (0) |
| 2004 | Besa | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Teuta | 112 | (1) |
| Total | 400 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Albania | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Sukthi | ||
| 2022–2023 | Erzeni | ||
| 2023 | Luzi 2008 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club
Kapllani played the majority of is career for hometown club Teuta, with whom he won the 1993–94 Albanian Superliga title, but also had spells with capital clubs Dinamo Tirana and Partizani as well as with Macedonian side Bashkimi. In his title winning season with Teuta, he recorded a 824-minute period of not conceding a league goal, putting him in the world's 148th place in the list of goalkeepers keeping the longest clean sheets by 2012.[1]
International
He made his debut for Albania in a February 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland in Tirana and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1996 friendly match against Bosnia.[2]
Kapllani was head coach of lower league side Sukhti[3] for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.[4]
He is an older brother of Edmond Kapllani,[5] also football player, who has played as a striker in Germany and for the national team.
- “Shpresoj që të mos helmoheni” - Telegraf (in Albanian)
- "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- Sukthi vuan barazimin me Tërbunin - Panorama (in Albanian)
- Xhevahir Kapllani: Ndikon ngjeshja e ndeshjeve, presim janarin për përforcime - Panorama (in Albanian)
- Vëllezërit e Kombëtares, nga Ballgjinët te Bashat - Telegraf (in Albanian)
- Xhevahir Kapllani at National-Football-Teams.com
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