Xhevahir Kapllani (born 21 June 1974) is an Albanian retired football goalkeeper and current coach.

Playing career

Club

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.

Xhevahir Kapllani

International

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 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1996 friendly match against Bosnia.

Xhevahir Kapllani

Managerial career

Kapllani was head coach of lower league side Sukhti for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.

Xhevahir Kapllani

Personal life

He is an older brother of Edmond Kapllani, also football player, who has played as a striker in Germany and for the national team.

Honours

Albanian Superliga: 1

1994

References

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1974 births

Living people

Footballers from Durrës

Albanian men's footballers

Men's association football goalkeepers

Albania men's international footballers

KF Teuta Durrës players

KF Lushnja players

FC Dinamo City players

FK Partizani Tirana players

KF Luftëtari players

KF Erzeni players

KF Bashkimi (1947–2008) players

KF Besa Kavajë players

Albanian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia

Albanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia

Albanian football managers