Hamdi Bakalli | |
Fullname: | Hamdi Bakalli |
Birth Date: | 1923 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Shkodër, Albania |
Death Place: | Shkodër, Albania |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1939–1944 |
Clubs1: | Vllaznia |
Years2: | 1945 |
Clubs2: | Ylli I Kuq Shkodër |
Years3: | 1945–1947 |
Clubs3: | Vllaznia |
Years4: | 1947–1949 |
Clubs4: | Partizani |
Years5: | 1950 |
Clubs5: | Vllaznia |
Years6: | 1950–1955 |
Clubs6: | Dinamo Tirana |
Years7: | 1955–1960 |
Clubs7: | Vllaznia |
Nationalyears1: | 1950–1953 |
Nationalteam1: | Albania |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Hamdi Bakalli (1923–1991) was an Albanian footballer who played for Vllaznia Shkodër, Ylli I Kuq Shkodër, Partizani Tirana and Dinamo Tirana. He was also a member of the Albania national team between 1950 and 1953.
A native of Shkodër, Bakalli played for hometown club Vllaznia but also had successful spells at capital clubs Partizani and Dinamo Tirana with whom he won a total of 7 league titles. On 20 March 1947, he scored the first ever goal of the KF Tirana–Partizani Tirana rivalry.[1]
He made his debut for Albania in a September 1950 friendly match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1953 friendly match against Poland.[2]
He was part of a footballing family, as all of his four brothers, Xhabir, Alush, Xhevat and Rifat were also footballers during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s in Albania.[3]
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1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955[4]