Alpin Gallo (born 12 January 1974 in

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) is an

n retired

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defender. He last played for KS Shkumbini Peqin in the 2008/2009

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season. He is also a former Albanian international, having earned 9 caps from 1994 through 1998.

International career

Gallo made his debut for

in a May 1994

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against

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and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1998 European Championship qualification match against

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National team statistics

Managerial career

Gallo resigned from his post as head coach of Tirana in November 2013. In February 2016, he succeeded Luan Metani as manager of Turbina Cerrik.

Honours

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

Albania – Championship Winning Teams
– RSSSF

References

1974 births Living people People from Librazhd Footballers from Elbasan County Men's association football defenders Albanian men's footballers Albania men's international footballers KF Sopoti Librazhd players KF Tirana players KF Skënderbeu Korçë players KF Bylis players FC Dinamo City players FK Partizani Tirana players KS Kastrioti players KF Shkumbini Peqin players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Albanian football managers KF Tirana managers KS Turbina Cërrik managers {{Albania-footy-defender-stub