Xhevahir Kapllani (born 21 June 1974) is an Albanian retired football goalkeeper and current coach of Erzeni in the Kategoria Superiore.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1974-06-21) 21 June 1974 (age 48) | ||
Place of birth | Durrës, Albania | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1996 | Teuta | 116 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Lushnja | 17 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Dinamo Tirana | 16 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Teuta | 23 | (0) |
1999 | Dinamo Tirana | 6 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Partizani | 11 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Shqiponja/Luftëtari | 32 | (0) |
2001–2003 | Erzeni | 46 | (0) |
2003 | Bashkimi | 5 | (0) |
2004 | Besa | 16 | (0) |
2004–2008 | Teuta | 112 | (1) |
Total | 400 | (1) | |
National team | |||
1993–1996 | Albania | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2012 | Sukthi | ||
2022– | Erzeni | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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 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.[1]
He made his debut for Albania in a February 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification 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.[2]
Kapllani was head coach of lower league side Sukhti[3] for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.[4]
He is an older brother of Edmond Kapllani,[5] also football player, who has played as a striker in Germany and for the national team.
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