Sabri Peqini (15 December 1926 – 13 March 2021) was an Albanian footballer and football manager, who played for and coached

Dinamo Tirana Futboll Club Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital Tirana. They play in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football, in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1950 during the communist r ...

International career

He made his debut for

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in a June 1950

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against

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and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a December 1952 friendly against

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Personal life

Born to Hahxiu and Shahe, Sabri grew up in Shijak. He was the father of former Albanian international

Kastriot Peqini Kastriot Sabri Peqini (born 19 February 1974) is a retired Albanian professional football who played for KF Elbasani in Albania and Birkirkara FC in Malta. He became the second youngest player to play for the Albania national team when he made ...

and grandfather of

Jurgen Peqini Jurgen Peqini (born 24 August 1998), is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Turbina Cërrik in the Albanian First Division. Club career Early career Peqini started his youth career aged 14 with KF Elb ...

, also a professional footballer. Peqini was interviewed in November 2019. He stated that he no longer attended football matches as he believed the sport to be too motivated by money. He died in March 2021 at the age of 94.

Honours

; as a player *

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 football compet ...

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

Albania - Championship Winning Teams
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Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

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1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

; as a manager *

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

References

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