Gjergji Dëma (born 7 August 1971) is a retired

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Club career

Dema spent his Albanian career with Flamurtari in the 1980s and 1990s, winning a league title in a team featuring fellow international players Eqerem Memushi,

Kreshnik Çipi Kreshnik Çipi (born 15 February 1958) is an Albanian retired footballer who played for Flamurtari and the Albania national team. He later became a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania. Footba ...

, Rrapo Taho, Sokol Kushta and Agim Bubeqi.

International career

He made his debut for

in a December 1990 European Championship qualification defeat by

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and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 1997

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match against

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Honours

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Albania – Championship Winning Teams
– RSSSF

References

External sources

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Gjergji Dëma
on Playerhistory.com 1971 births Living people Footballers from Vlorë Albanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Albania men's international footballers Flamurtari FC players NK Svoboda Ljubljana players NK Rudar Velenje players NK Slavija Vevče players NK Beltinci players NK Ljubljana players NK Radomlje players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia {{Albania-footy-defender-stub