Fatmir Hasanpapa
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 April 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Albania | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1991 | Partizani Tirana | ||
1997–2001 | Wegberg-Beeck | ||
2001–2005 | Jülich | ||
2005–2007 | |||
National team | |||
1989 | Albania | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Fatmir Hasanpapa (born 19 April 1965) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played as a midfielder for Partizani Tirana and later in Germany.
Club career[]
Hasanpapa played for Partizani in the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup game against Dutch giants Feyenoord in Rotterdam and decided not to return to communist Albania after the match,[1] but to leave for Germany where he played for Erkelenz, Kückhoven and Wegberg.[2] He later surfaced at SC Jülich, where he became subject of a TV documentary.[3] At 42, he still played for fellow German amateur side SC Rheindahlen.[4]
International career[]
He made his debut for Albania in an April 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against England, which proved to be his sole international game.[5] He started that game after Mirel Josa was out injured.[6]
Honours[]
- Albanian Superliga: 1
References[]
- ^ Halve ploeg Partizan Tirana blijft achter in Rotterdam - NRC (in Dutch)
- ^ Geflüster aus der Karl-Fischer-Halle - RP Online (in German)
- ^ SC Juelich 1910 – German Football Tradition - SC Jülich
- ^ Ehrung auf Strümpfen - RP Online (in German)
- ^ "Player Database".
- ^ England – Albania - Italia1990
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
External links[]
- Fatmir Hasanpapa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - SC Wegberg
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Albanian footballers
- Albania international footballers
- FK Partizani Tirana players
- FC Wegberg-Beeck players
- SC Jülich players
- Albanian Superliga players
- Albanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Albanian defectors
- Albanian football midfielder stubs