Përparim Kovaçi (born 8 January 1956 in

Berat Berat (; sq-definite, Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Berat County and Berat Municipality. By air, it is north of Gjirokastër, west of Korçë, south of Tirana, and east of Fier. Berat is located in ...

) is a former Albanian football player and coach who spent nearly all of his career at Tomori Berat, where he is the club's top goalscorer with over 100 league goals scored.

Club career

He was the

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's top goalscorer in the 1979/80 season with 18 goals.Përparim Kovaçi: Po luhet një Superiore e mirë, kryesueset bëjnë diferencën në tregues cilësorë
- Telegraf He was loaned to

Flamurtari Flamurtari FC is a professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria e Parë, which is the second tier of football in the country. Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Albania, and it is also on ...

for their

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games against Velež Mostar and

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, scoring in both games against Velež.

International career

A fast striker, then national coach

Loro Boriçi Lorenco Boriçi (4 August 1922 – 25 April 1984), commonly known as Loro Boriçi was an Albanian association football forward and is regarded as one of Albania's football legends. He played mostly for Partizan Tirana (won the 1949 and 1954 A ...

deemed him too small in build for the national team and preferred the likes of Albanian legends Arbën Minga and Agustin Kola.Përparim Kovaçi, “pantera” e Beratit që u rebelua për një frigorifer
- Panorama

References

1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Berat Men's association football forwards Albanian men's footballers KF Tomori players Flamurtari FC players Kategoria Superiore players Albanian football managers KF Tomori managers {{Albania-footy-forward-stub