Dodë Tahiri

Dodë Tahira

Personal information
Date of birth	(1918-11-27)27 November 1918
Place of birth	Pecaj, Principality of Albania
Date of death	28 May 1988(1988-05-28) (aged 69)
Place of death	Mladenovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1938–1939	Bashan Lazarevac
1939–1941	Šumadija Aranđelovac
1945–1946	Vllaznia
1946–1948	Budućnost Titograd
1948–1953	Šumadija Aranđelovac
International career
1946	Albania	3	(0)
Managerial career
–1956	19 Shtatori
	Jedinstvo
	OFK Mladenovac
1961–1962	Šumadija
1964	Šumadija
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dodë Tahiri (27 November 1918 – 28 May 1988) was an Albanian international football player. He was the goalkeeper in Albania's first ever international match against Yugoslavia in 1946.

Club career

Born in Pecaj, Dukagjin highlands, Tahiri came to Lazarevac, Serbia, in 1938 to play for Bashan. Named after his place of birth, he played in Serbia as Doda Pecović. He later played for FK Šumadija Aranđelovac in Serbia during the 1930s and 1950s. At the end of the Second World War he played with Vllaznia Shkodër in Albania winning two league titles. Then he played with FK Budućnost Titograd in the 1946–47 and 1948–49 Yugoslav First League.

International career

He made a total of 3 appearances for the Albania national team in 1946 in Tirana within the 1946 Balkan Cup, the first against Yugoslavia (2–3 defeat) and the second against Bulgaria (3–1 win).

Honours

• Albanian Superliga: 2

1945, 1946