Dodë Tahiri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 November 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Pecaj, Albania | ||
| Date of death | 28 May 1988 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Mladenovac, Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1939 | Bashan Lazarevac | ||
| 1939–1941 | Šumadija Aranđelovac | ||
| 1945–1946 | Vllaznia | ||
| 1946–1948 | Budućnost Titograd | ||
| 1948–1953 | Šumadija Aranđelovac | ||
| National team | |||
| 1946 | Albania | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| –1956 | |||
| Jedinstvo | |||
| OFK Mladenovac | |||
| 1961–1962 | Šumadija | ||
| 1964 | Šumadija | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Dodë Tahiri (27 November 1918 – 28 May 1988) was an Albanian international football player. He was the goalkeeper in Albania's first ever international match against Yugoslavia in 1946.
Club career[]
Born in Pecaj, Dukagjin highlands, Tahiri came to Lazarevac, Serbia, in 1938 to play for Bashan. Named after his place of birth, he played in Serbia as Doda Pecović.[1] He later played for FK Šumadija Aranđelovac in Serbia during the 1930s and 1950s.[2] At the end of the Second World War he played with Vllaznia Shkodër in Albania[3] winning two league titles. Then he played with FK Budućnost Titograd in the 1946–47[4] and 1948–49[5] Yugoslav First League.
International career[]
He made a total of 3 appearances for the Albanian national team in 1946 in Tirana within the 1946 Balkan Cup, the first against Yugoslavia (2–3 defeat) and the second against Bulgaria (3–1 win).[6]
Honours[]
- Albanian Superliga: 2
- 1945, 1946[7]
References[]
- ^ Dodë Tahiri, futbollisti shqiptar që la gjurmë në Serbi para 80 vjetësh - Panorama (in Albanian)
- ^ "First foreign player Doda Tahiri played during the 1930s and 1950s Archived 2011-10-21 at the Wayback Machine at Šumadija Aranđelovac official website (in Serbian)
- ^ Dodë Tahiri at Worldfootball
- ^ 1946/47 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net
- ^ 1947/48 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net
- ^ Dode Tahiri at EU-Football.info
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
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