Xhevahir Kapllani


Xhevahir Kapllani is an Albanian football coach and a former player who played as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Club

Kapllani played the majority of is career for hometown club [KF KF Teuta Durrës|Teuta Durrës|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.

International

He made his debut for [Albania national association football|football team|Albania] in a February 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland in Tirana and earned a total of five caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1996 friendly match against Bosnia.

Managerial career

Kapllani was head coach of lower league side Sukhti for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.

Personal life

He is an older brother of Edmond Kapllani, also football player, who has played as a striker in Germany and for the national team.

Honours