Xhevahir Kapllani | |
Birth Date: | 1974 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Durrës, Albania |
Height: | 1.82 m |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1991–1996 |
Clubs1: | Teuta |
Caps1: | 116 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1996–1997 |
Clubs2: | Lushnja |
Caps2: | 17 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1997–1998 |
Clubs3: | Dinamo Tirana |
Caps3: | 16 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs4: | Teuta |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1999 |
Clubs5: | Dinamo Tirana |
Caps5: | 6 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs6: | Partizani |
Caps6: | 11 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2000–2001 |
Caps7: | 32 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2001–2003 |
Clubs8: | Erzeni |
Caps8: | 46 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2003 |
Clubs9: | Bashkimi |
Caps9: | 5 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 2004 |
Clubs10: | Besa |
Caps10: | 16 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Years11: | 2004–2008 |
Clubs11: | Teuta |
Caps11: | 112 |
Goals11: | 1 |
Totalcaps: | 400 |
Totalgoals: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 1993–1996 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2010–2012 |
Manageryears2: | 2022–2023 |
Managerclubs2: | Erzeni |
Manageryears3: | 2023 |
Managerclubs3: | Luzi 2008 |
Xhevahir Kapllani (born 21 June 1974) is an Albanian football coach and a former player who played as a goalkeeper.
Kapllani played the majority of is career for hometown club 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.[1]
He made his debut for 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.[2]
Kapllani was head coach of lower league side Sukhti[3] for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.[4]
He is an older brother of Edmond Kapllani,[5] also football player, who has played as a striker in Germany and for the national team.