Xhevahir Kapllani
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 June 1974 | ||
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) | |
National team | |||
1993–1996 | Albania | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2012 | Sukhti | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Xhevair Kapllani (born 21 June 1974) is an Albanian retired football goalkeeper.
Playing career[]
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]
Managerial career[]
Kapllani was head coach of lower league side Sukhti[3] for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.[4]
Personal life[]
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.
Honours[]
- Albanian Superliga: 1
References[]
- ^ “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)
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
External links[]
- Xhevahir Kapllani at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Durrës
- Association football goalkeepers
- Albanian footballers
- Albania international footballers
- KF Teuta Durrës players
- KS Lushnja players
- FK Dinamo Tirana players
- FK Partizani Tirana players
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër players
- KF Erzeni players
- FK Bashkimi players
- Besa Kavajë players
- Albanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in North Macedonia
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
- Albanian football managers
- Albanian football goalkeeper stubs