Muhamet Vila
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Muhamet Vila | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Kavajë, Albania | ||
Date of death | 18 January 2002 | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950-1960 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
International career | |||
1952–1953 | Albania | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1971-1973 | Besa Kavajë | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Muhamet Vila (7 March 1928 – 18 January 2002) was an Albanian footballer who played his entire professional career as defender for Dinamo Tirana football club.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Paired with Xhevdet Shaqiri he formed the backbone of the defense for a Dinamo team that went on to win 6 league titles in the 1950s.
International
[edit]He made his debut for Albania in a November 1952 friendly match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1953 friendly against Poland.[1]
Managerial career
[edit]Vila served as head coach of Besa Kavajë in the 1970s and helped lead the club to 2 Albania Cup finals appearances and to the final of the Balkan Cup tournament of 1971.
Personal life
[edit]His son Arben also played for Dinamo and the national team[2] in the 1980s.
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Player Database".
- ^ Vëllezërit e Kombëtares, nga Ballgjinët te Bashat - Telegraf (in Albanian)
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2002 deaths
- Footballers from Kavajë
- Albanian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Albania men's international footballers
- FC Dinamo City players
- Albanian football managers
- KF Besa Kavajë managers
- Kategoria Superiore players
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- 20th-century Albanian sportsmen
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