Nevil Thanas Dede (born 10 January 1975) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player. A centre-back, Dede spent most of his club career with his hometown club

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, winning a string of trophies, including 8 championships, being one of the most decorated players. Dede has also been an Albanian international, representing Albania in 30 matches. He was also named

Albanian Footballer of the Year Albanian Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best professional Albanian footballer elected by Football Association of Albania members, coaches and captains of the Kategoria Superiore clubs. The award can also be given to a forei ...

in 2006. After retiring early on in the 2009–10 season, Dede was appointed assistant manager of Tirana. Since then, Dede did not settle any teams, managing in quick succession Laçi, Tirana once again, Luftëtari and Kastrioti and Albania U19 women where he was the inaugural head coach. In 2018, after one year four years without managing a club, he was named new manager of

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Club career

He has played for KF Tirana since 1994 until 2008, except for the years 2004–2006 when he played for Elbasani. Dede also had a short spell in China in 2008 with

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. Dede was one of the most important individuals in the Elbasani squad that clinched Albanian Superliga title in the 2005–06 season. He played 33 matches and scored 5 goals, and was rewarded with

award for his performances. Dede announced his retirement from the sport in September 2009 due to injuries.

International career

Dede made his debut for the Albania national team in 1995, and has been capped 30 times.

Managerial career

Tirana

In October 2009, after retiring in the previous month, Dede was appointet assistant manager of Alban Tafaj at Tirana. His spell was short-lived however, as he left the club in February of the following year after falling out with Tafaj.

Tirana return

On 10 October 2010, Dede was renamed manager of Tirana for the remainder of the season, replacing the departed

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. He was presented to the media in the next day.

Erzeni

On 10 January 2018, Dede was named the manager of Kategoria e Parë side Erzeni; he was presented on the same day. However, after less than two weeks, Dede announced to have left the team, citing the distant distance from

as the main reason.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

;Tirana *

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:(8) 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07 * Albanian Cup:(5) 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02 *

Albanian Supercup The Albanian Supercup is a single match usually at the beginning of the season between the winners of the Kategoria Superiore and Albanian Cup. Supercup final was not played in the occasions when the champion team won the Double. However, after ...

:(6)

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, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009 ;Elbasani *

: 2005–06

Individual

: 2006

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dede, Nevil 1975 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian footballers Association football defenders Albania international footballers KF Tirana players KF Elbasani players Changsha Ginde players Albanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in China Albanian expatriate sportspeople in China Chinese Super League players Albanian football managers KF Laçi managers Luftëtari Gjirokastër managers KF Tirana managers KS Kastrioti managers Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria Superiore managers