Erion Xhafa (born 31 May 1982) is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n retired footballer who played as a defender.

Playing career

Club

He started his career with Dinamo Tirana youth team, and played for Erzeni Shijak for one year, then back to Dinamo Tirana until 2007. In the Summer of 2007 he was transferred to

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which was the holder of the championship title at that time.

International

He made his debut for

in a March 2006

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against

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and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 2007 friendly against

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Managerial career

In July 2015, Xhafa was appointed assistant coach to

Igli Allmuça Igli Allmuça (born 25 October 1980) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who was the manager of Albanian First Division club Dinamo Tirana. Allmuça played as a midfielder and spent the majority of his career with Part ...

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Personal life

Erion is the son of Gani Xhafa, one of the veterans of Albanian team

and the Albania team remembered for his great performance against some of the best teams of Europe like

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on that heroic game with

, finished 2–2 on 16 September 1970.

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* 1982 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Albania men's international footballers KF Besa Kavajë players KF Erzeni players FC Dinamo City players KF Tirana players KF Laçi players KS Kastrioti players Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria e Parë players {{Albania-footy-defender-stub