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Dodë Tahiri

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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

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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

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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

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1945, 1946[7]

References

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