Xhavit Demneri

Xhavit Demneri
Personal information
Full name	Xhavit Shyqyri Demneri
Date of birth	1 January 1919
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Date of death	10 November 1996 (aged 77)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Sport Club Tirana
1945–1947	Partizani
National team
1946	Albania
Teams managed
1952	17 Nëntori Tirana
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Xhavit Shyqyri Demneri (1919 — 10 November 1996) was an Albanian football player.

Xhavit Shyqyri Demneri Street, a street in Tirana, the capital of Albania, is named in his honor.

Playing career[]

Club[]

He was born in Tirana, and was heavily involved in Albanian football by the late 1930s. He was active with Sport Club Rinia, Sport Club Tirana and Shprefeja. He played defense.

He was among the first to gather with Besim Fagu and Jani Leka to start the establishment of Partizani sports club at the end of 1945, also serving as coach of the football team. He was forced to retire as a player due to a knee injury. Demneri was also a member of the 1947 Partizani championship team.^[1]

International[]

He made his debut for Albania in an October 1946 Balkan Cup match against Yugoslavia, his sole cap.^[2]

Managerial career[]

He is best remembered as a coach and trainer.^[3]

Honours[]

Albanian Superliga: 1

1947^[4]

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
^ http://www.sportekspres.com/lajm.php?idt=90^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-03-02.

[3] ttp://www.sportekspres.com/lajm.php?idt=90^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF

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