Qemal Vogli
Qemal Vogli (29 September 1929 – 4 July 2004) was a famous Albanian footballer who played most of his professional career as goalkeeper for Dinamo Tirana football club. Vogli is widely considered as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of Albanian football. Club career Born on either 29 September or 15 March 1929 in Kavajë, Vogli made his senior debut in 1946 for hometown club Besa. Escape from and return to Albania Since the communist regime of Enver Hoxha had deemed the Vogli family as enemies of the state due to alleged links to the nazis, Vogli was forced to join Ministry of Interior club Dinamo Tirana and to spy on people for the regime. He finally escaped the country in West Berlin on 3 September 1956, only to be brought back to Albania shortly afterwards by the Sigurimi and the Stasi. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but was released after five years. He was however never allowed to play football again and was kept under constant surveillance by the Sigu ...
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Kavajë
Kavajë ( , sq-definite, Kavaja) is a municipality centrally located in the Western Lowlands region of Albania, in Tirana County. It borders Durrës to the north , Tiranë to the east and Rrogozhinë to the south . To the west lies the Adriatic Sea. Based on the 2011 Census, the municipality had a population of 40,094 inhabitants, although the Civil Registry inferred the total number of inhabitants to be 79,556. The overall surface area is . Etymology The name Kavajë is mentioned in Ottoman archives from the Land Registry of the Sanjak of Albania for the years 1431–1432. In the documents, first published by Turkish researcher Halil İnalcık this locality was part of. On Latin Maps it was mentioned as Cavalli (Horses in Italian) History Early development There have been varied opinions on the origin of Kavajë as an inhabited settlement. Until recently, researchers believed the early beginnings of this region as a settlement should be sought somewhere in the middle ...
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