Roland Zajmi (born 6 November 1973 in

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) is an

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n retired

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who played the majority of his career in Greece with

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, Kassandra,

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and

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. He also played for Dinamo/Olimpik Tirana and

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in Albania,

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in Cyprus as well as the Albania national team.

Club career

Zajmi made his senior debut for hometown club

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in the 1993/94 season and signed for Greek

, the club where he would spend most of his career, in July 1996. He appeared in 145

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matches for Proodeftiki from 1996 through 2004.

International career

He made his debut for

in a November 1995

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against

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and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring 1 goal, including three friendlies in 2000. He scored against

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and his final international was a February 2002 Rothmans International Tournament match against

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* 1973 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Albania men's international footballers FK Dinamo Tirana players FK Partizani Tirana players Proodeftiki F.C. players Atromitos F.C. players Apollon Limassol FC players S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus {{Albania-footy-forward-stub