Xhevdet Shaqiri
Personal information
Full name Xhevdet Shaqiri
Date of birth (1923-01-05)5 January 1923
Place of birth Dudas, Shkodër, Albania
Date of death 11 September 1997(1997-09-11) (aged 74)
Place of death Tiranë, Albania
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1947 Vllaznia
1948–1949 Partizani
1950–1958 Dinamo Tirana
International career
1947–1957 Albania 14 (0)
Managerial career
Dinamo Tirana
Lushnja
1966–1979 Vllaznia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Xhevdet Shaqiri (5 January 1923 – 11 September 1997) was an Albanian football player and coach.

Playing career

Club

He played for Vllaznia Shkodër, Partizani Tirana and Dinamo Tirana during his playing career and won 9 league titles with them. He became the league's top goalscorer in 1946 with 11 goals.[1]

International

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1947 Balkan Cup match against Yugoslavia and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1957 friendly match against China.[2]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, he coached Dinamo Tirana, KS Lushnja and most notably hometown club Vllaznia for 13 years between 1966 and 1979.[3]

Honours

as a player
1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956[4]
as a manager
1972, 1974, 1978

References

  1. “Këpucët e Arta” të Shqipërisë, nga Refik Resmja te Iir Përnaska - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  2. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  3. Trajneri i rekordeve tek Vllaznia
  4. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
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