Rrapo Taho (born 17 August 1959) is an Albanian retired

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central defender.

Club career

Taho spent his entire career with hometown club

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 ...

during the 1970s and 1980s, during the club's golden years alongside fellow international players like

Sokol Kushta Sokol Kushta (born 17 April 1964) is an Albanian retired football player, who was arguably one of his country's best players in the second half of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s and one of the first to be allowed by the communist party ...

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and

Alfred Zijai Alfred Zijai (7 February 1961 – 11 February 2013) was an Albanian footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Vlorë, Zijai spent his entire career with hometown club Flamurtari during the 1970s and 1980s, during the club's golde ...

. His most notable goal was scored in a game against FK Partizan, which helped qualify Flamurtari for the UEFA Cup in the 1987–1988 season. That same season, Flamurtari had beaten FC Barcelona in the away game, but lost in the return, therefore getting disqualified.

International career

He made his debut for Albania in an October 1986 European Championship qualification match against Austria and earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1993

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match against

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Personal life

His son, Rexhino Taho is also a footballer, having also played for Flamurtari.

Honours

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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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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References

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* * 1959 births Living people Footballers from Vlorë Albanian footballers Men's association football central defenders Albania men's international footballers Flamurtari FC players Kategoria Superiore players {{Albania-footy-defender-stub