Dodë Tahiri
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.[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

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

1945, 1946[7]

References


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