Altin Haxhi (born 17 June 1975) is an Albanian retired

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Haxhi's former clubs include Shqiponja Gjirokastër,

Panachaiki Panachaiki G.E. (Greek: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a Greek multi-sport club based in the city of Patras, Greece. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891 ...

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

, Iraklis Thessaloniki,

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Kalamarias (Greek: Απόλλων Καλαμαριάς) is a Greek sport's club from Thessaloniki founded in 1926. The club is named after Apollo, the mythical Greek god and its colors are red and black. History When thousands of Pontic ...

, Anorthosis Famagusta, Ergotelis, APOEL and

. After the 1998–99 A Group season, he was honored as the best foreign player in Bulgarian football. During his spell with APOEL, Haxhi won one Cypriot Championship, one

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup () is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). It began in 1934, the same season with the Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club te ...

, two Super Cups and also appeared in three official group stages matches of the

2009–10 UEFA Champions League The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played on 22 May 2010, at the Santiago Bernabéu S ...

International career

He made his debut for

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

in a November 1995

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against

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and earned a total of 67 caps, the 11th highest in the national team's history. He has also scored 3 goals for his country. His final international was an October 2009

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match away against Sweden.

International career statistics

International goals

References

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* 1975 births Living people Footballers from Gjirokastër Albanian footballers Association football fullbacks Albania international footballers Luftëtari Gjirokastër players Panachaiki F.C. players PFC Litex Lovech players Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players PFC CSKA Sofia players Apollon Pontou FC players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players Ergotelis F.C. players APOEL FC players Kategoria Superiore players Super League Greece players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Albanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus {{Albania-footy-defender-stub