Bashkim Muhedini (born 3 January 1949 - 7 October 2022) is an

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n retired

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player. He was a

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for Partizani Tirana and the Albania national team in the 1970s.

Club career

Just like the famous Albanian sculptor Odhise Paskali, Muhedine hails from the village Kozarë. He played basketball in school, but Bejkush Birçe persuaded him to play football and he subsequently joined the Partizani academy led by Birçe.Bashkim Muhedini, dhëndri i Beqir Ballukut, që nga basketbollist u bë portier
- Panorama He replaced Mikel Janku as Partizani's first choice goalkeeper, but he was forced to quit his career due to political reasons in 1976.

International career

He made his debut for

in a June 1971 European Championship qualification match away against

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and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1973

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against

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Personal life

Muhedini was a son-in-law of Albanian general Beqir Balluku, who was executed during the Hoxha regime. Family of Balluku were persecuted and Muhedini was forced to retire from playing for being a relative as well and he was 'relocated' and became a physical education teacher. In 1979 he was allowed to leave for Përmet and coached the local team. Nowadays he lives in New York.

Honours

* Albanian Superliga: 1 ::

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

Albania - Championship Winning Teams
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* 1949 births Living people Footballers from Berat County Men's association football goalkeepers Albanian men's footballers Albania men's international footballers FK Partizani Tirana players Kategoria Superiore players Albanian football managers KF Përmeti managers 20th-century Albanian sportsmen Albanian footballers {{Albania-footy-goalkeeper-stub