Dodë Tahiri
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 November 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Pecaj, Principality of Albania | ||
Date of death | 28 May 1988 | (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
[edit]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.[1] He later played for FK Šumadija Aranđelovac in Serbia during the 1930s and 1950s.[2] At the end of the Second World War he played with Vllaznia Shkodër in Albania[3] winning two league titles. Then he played with FK Budućnost Titograd in the 1946–47[4] and 1948–49[5] Yugoslav First League.
International career
[edit]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).[6]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dodë Tahiri, futbollisti shqiptar që la gjurmë në Serbi para 80 vjetësh - Panorama (in Albanian)
- ^ "First foreign player Doda Tahiri played during the 1930s and 1950s Archived 2011-10-21 at the Wayback Machine at Šumadija Aranđelovac official website (in Serbian)
- ^ Dodë Tahiri at Worldfootball
- ^ 1946/47 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net
- ^ 1947/48 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net
- ^ Dode Tahiri at EU-Football.info
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
- 1918 births
- 1988 deaths
- Footballers from Shkodër
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Albanian men's footballers
- Albania men's international footballers
- KF Vllaznia Shkodër players
- FK Budućnost Podgorica players
- FK Šumadija Aranđelovac players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Yugoslavia
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia
- Albanian football managers
- Albanian football goalkeeper stubs