Zihni Gjinali

Zihni Gjinali
Personal information
Full name	Zihni Gjinali
Date of birth	5 May 1926
Place of birth	Tirane, Albania
Date of death	19 July 2005 (aged 79)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Besa
1947–1949	Partizani
1950-1956	Dinamo Tirana
National team
1948-1952	Albania
Teams managed
1949-1956	Dinamo Tirana
1971-1973	Apolonia
1976	Traktori Lushnja
1994	Besa
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Zihni Gjinali (5 May 1926 – 19 July 2005) was an Albanian footballer who played his professional career for Besa, Dinamo Tirana and Partizani Tirana football clubs. He was the captain and head coach of the Dinamo Dynasty of the 1950s. Gjinali was also a successful player with the Albania National Football Team.

International career[]

He made his debut for Albania in a May 1948 Balkan Cup match against Hungary and earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 3 goals. His final international was a December 1952 friendly match against Czechoslovakia.^[1]

Managerial career[]

During his spell at Dinamo, Gjinali acted as player coach. He later worked at Apolonia and Besa and was coach of Traktori Lushnja for several years.^[2]

References[]

^ "Player Database".
^ Historia 88 vjeçare, kur Lushnja mburrej me… “Traktorin” - Panorama (in Albanian)

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[1] "Player Database".

[2] Historia 88 vjeçare, kur Lushnja mburrej me… “Traktorin” - Panorama (in Albanian)

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