Xhevahir Kapllani (born 21 June 1974) is an
Albanian
football
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coach and a former
goalkeeper.
Playing career
Club
Kapllani played the majority of is career for hometown club
Teuta, with whom he won the
1993–94 Albanian Superliga title, but also had spells with capital clubs
Dinamo Tirana
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Founded in 1950 during the communist r ...
and
Partizani as well as with Macedonian side
Bashkimi. In his title winning season with Teuta, he recorded a 824-minute period of not conceding a league goal, putting him in the world's 148th place in the list of goalkeepers keeping the longest clean sheets by 2012.
International
He made his debut for
Albania in a February 1993
FIFA World Cup qualification
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match against
Northern Ireland in Tirana and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1996
friendly match against
Bosnia
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.
Managerial career
Kapllani was head coach of lower league side
Sukhti for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.
Personal life
He is an older brother of
Edmond Kapllani
Edmond Kapllani (born 31 July 1982) is a former Albanian footballer.
Club career
Born in Durrës, Albania, Kapllani began his career with KS Teuta Durrës, KF Partizani Tirana and KS Besa Kavajë in the Albanian Superliga. He also spent one ye ...
, also football player, who has played as a
striker
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in Germany and for the national team.
Honours
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Albanian Superliga
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1994
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Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Footballers from Durrës
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Albania men's international footballers
KF Teuta Durrës players
KF Lushnja players
FC Dinamo City players
FK Partizani Tirana players
KF Luftëtari players
KF Erzeni players
KF Bashkimi (1947–2008) players
KF Besa Kavajë players
Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Albanian football managers
Kategoria Superiore managers
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