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List Of Albania International Footballers (1–24 Caps)
The List of Albania international footballers includes all the individual players who made between 1 and 24 appearances for Albania national football team, Albania in the qualifiers of the UEFA European Football Championship, the FIFA World Cup, friendly matches as well as its participation in the Balkan Cup and in the Malta (Rothmans) International Tournament, from 1946 to the present. Players ''Below is a full-list of the players who have made between 1 and 24 appearances for Albania, as of 11 June 2016 after the match against Israel national football team, Israel''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Albania international footballers (1-24 caps) Lists of Albania men's international footballers, Association football player non-biographical articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania National Football Team
The Albania national football team ( sq, Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football, and is governed by the Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania. Albania competes in the three major international football tournaments; the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and UEFA Nations League. Albania was the winner of the 1946 Balkan Cup and the 2000 Malta Rothmans International Tournament. At Euro 2016, Albania made its second appearance at a major men's football tournament after 50 years. Since its completion in 2019, Arena Kombëtare ( en, National Arena), known as Air Albania Stadium for sponsorship reasons, has been the team's home ground. Albania's highest FIFA World Ranking was 22nd in August 2015. The colours of the team are red, white and black, and the double headed eagle its symbol. Its supporters are collectively known as the '' Tifozët Kuq e Zi'' and display as well as the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjergji Muzaka
Gjergji Muzaka (born 26 September 1984) is an Albanian former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. A product of Partizani Tirana academy, Muzaka begun his career as a talented youth player, which prompted Paris Saint-Germain to sign him in 2000. His spell in France was short-lived, however, as he returned at Partizani one year later and commenced his professional career as 17-year-old. Muzaka played for eight years for ''The Red Bulls'', notably winning the Albanian Cup title and also having a brief spell in Greece with Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C., Iraklis as a loanee in 2004. In 2008, he switched clubs, joining Partizani's fierce rivals, KF Tirana. In the following years, he also represented Dinamo Tirana, Flamurtari Vlorë (twice) and Skënderbeu Korçë (twice), achieving a great success with the latter, winning three Albanian Superliga titles between 2011 and 2014. In January 2015, Muzaka returned to Tirana, but his second spell was marred by consistent injuries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Abazi
Edmond Abazi (born 29 January 1968) is an Albanian retired international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Abazi was born in Tirana. He made his league debut for Dinamo Tirana in 1985. He was one of the first players to move abroad after Albania's borders opened up in 1990 and he played for clubs such as Hajduk Split, S.L. Benfica, Boavista FC and Manchester City. - The Independent on Sunday National team statistics Honours *: |
Sllave Llambi
Sllave Llambi (26 June 1919 – 1985) was an Albanian football midfielder. He was also coach of Albania for a time. Club career Llambi is considered to be the first Albanian that has ever won a " Scudetto" in Italy's Serie A (with Bologna F.C. in the 1940–1941 season), although he never played a match during that year. International career He made his debut for Albania in an August 1946 friendly match against Montenegro and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1950 friendly match against Romania. Honours *Kategoria Superiore: 4 :: 1937, 1947, 1948, 1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rexhep Spahiu
Rexhep Spahiu (21 January 1923 – 12 January 1993) was an Italian football player and coach. Nicknamed ''Xhepi'', he spent his playing career with Sportklub Tiranë and Partizani Tirana, before becoming the head coach of Partizani, Apolonia Fier, Korabi Peshkopi and Besa Kavajë. International career He made his debut for Albania in an October 1946 Balkan Cup match against Yugoslavia, which was Albania's first official match. He earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a December 1952 friendly match against Czechoslovakia. Honours ; as a player *Kategoria Superiore (1): 1954 ; as a manager *Kategoria Superiore (4): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramazan Rragami
Ramazan Rragami (3 April 1944 – 15 January 2022) was an Albanian football player and coach. He played for the Albania national team and for Vllaznia Shkodër, becoming one of the club's most notable players of all time. He became a member of The Disciplinary Committee affiliated with The Albanian Football Federation. Club career Ramazan Rragami had a brilliant career as a player as well as a coach in the national and international arena. He started playing in his native town, Vllaznia, at the age of 16. He continued there until 1967 when he was recruited by the Partizani team of Tirana and played there until 1970. He returned to Vllaznia in 1970 and, in 1972, won both the league title and League Cup. In the final game of the League Cup, Rragami scored seven times from the penalty spot, twice during regular time and five additional penalty kicks after an aggregate tie. It is worth noting that this is the first and last time a player has scored all penalties for one team. FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefter Millo
Lefter Millo (Greek: Λευτέρης Μίλος) (2 August 1966, Derviçan, Albania, – 8 March 1997, Giannouli, Greece) was an Albanian football midfielder, who was part of the Greek minority in Albania. Club career He made his senior debut for Luftëtari on 19 February 1984 against Skënderbeu and played for Partizani Tirana from 1986 to 1990. He was one in the first wave of Albanian footballers to leave the country for Greece following the fall of communism when he joined Larissa in 1991. He also played for Iraklis Thessaloniki. International career He made his debut for Albania in an August 1988 friendly match at home against Cuba and earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal. International statistics Source: Personal life Death He was killed in a car accident in Giannouli, near Larissa in 1997, when he was only 30 years old. 13 Years later, a statue of him would b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir Ujkani
Samir Ujkani (born 5 July 1988) is a Kosovar Albanian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Italian club Empoli F.C., Empoli and the Kosovo national football team, Kosovo national team. Early life Ujkani was born in Resnik, a village near Vučitrn, Vushtrri, Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, SAP Kosovo, Socialist Republic of Serbia, SR Serbia, at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His family then moved to Belgium six years after his birth. Club career Youth clubs At the age of thirteen, Ujkani enrolled into K.S.V. Ingelmunster, Ingelmunster, spending six years there before moving to R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht. The Anderlecht football academy has a reputation of producing talented goalkeepers such as Jacky Munaron. Ujkani played until June 2007 for the Anderlecht Under-19s, and made also ten appearances with their reserves team. In June 2007, he agreed to sign a five-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhamet Dibra
Muhamet Dibra (31 October 1923 – 1 January 1998) was an Albanian football player. The road the Loro Boriçi Stadium is on in Shkodër is named after him and he received a number of notable awards for his services to sport in Albania. Club career He played for Vllaznia Shkodër and Partizani Tirana and won three National Championships in 1945, 1946 and 1948. International career He was also a member of the Albania national team between 1946 and 1953, where he earned 19 caps and also won the 1946 Balkan Cup. Honours *Albanian Superliga: 3 :: 1945, 1946, 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bekim Balaj
Bekim Balaj (born 11 January 1991) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër and the Albania national team. Balaj started his football career with his hometown club Vllaznia and made his professional debut at the age of 17 before going on to score 17 goals in 38 games for the club before moving to Turkey to join Gençlerbirliği. After little success in Turkey he returned to Albania and played for Tirana where he scored 15 league goals in 37 games before joining Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic in January 2013. During his time at Sparta Prague he was loaned out to Polish side Jagiellonia Białystok for the entire 2013–14 campaign where he scored 9 goals in 36 games in all competition before return to his parent club for the first half of the following season. He joined Croatian club HNK Rijeka in January 2015 for a fee of €600,000. Balaj begun his international career with under-19 squad in 2008, and two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skënder Hodja
Skënder Hodja (born 30 May 1960) is an Albanian retired footballer. Playing career Club His former team is 17 Nëntori Tirana, where he played all of his career and won three league titles in a team boasting the likes of international players Mirel Josa, Shkëlqim Muça, Arben Minga and Agustin Kola. International Hodja was part of Albania's 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad. He made his senior debut for Albania in an October 1984 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Belgium and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1990 European Championship qualification match against France. Managerial career He is currently the head coach of KF Tirana U-17. Honours * Albanian Superliga The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safet Berisha
Safet Berisha (11 November 1949 – 19 October 2016) was an Albanian football player who played for Lokomotiva Durrës and Partizani Tirana as well as the Albania national team, where he earned 20 senior caps. Club career A tall defender, Berisha was raised in Durrës by his adoptive parents, which is where he joined the local side Lokomotiv Durrës as a youth player and was promoted to the senior squad by coach Loro Boriçi. In 1968 he was summoned to fulfil his military service and subsequently joined army club Partizani Tirana with whom he has won three championships, four cups and one Balkan Champion title. International career He made his debut for Albania in a December 1970 European Championship qualification match against Turkey in Istanbul and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1981 FIFA World Cup qualification match against West Germany. Personal life In 1992, he emigrated to Italy along with his family, firstly li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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