Arian Hametaj (born 1 July 1957) is an

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

n retired footballer, who played as a defender for

Partizani Tirana Futboll Klub Partizani is an Albanian professional football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizani's home ground is the newly built sta ...

football club.

Club career

Normal as it was in communist Albania, Hametaj only played for one club: Partizani. He won the 1986/87 league title with them, alongside fellow international players Adnan Ocelli,

Lefter Millo Lefter Millo (Greek: Λευτέρης Μίλος) (2 August 1966, Derviçan, Albania, – 8 March 1997, Giannouli, Greece) was an Albanian football midfielder, who was part of the Greek minority in Albania. Club career He made his senior deb ...

and

Sokol Kushta Sokol Kushta (born 17 April 1964) is an Albanian retired football player, who was arguably one of his country's best players in the latter half of the 1980s and the early 1990s and one of the first to be allowed by the communist party to play ab ...

International career

He made his debut for

in a September 1982 European Championship qualification match against

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in Vienna and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 1985

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sport, sporting event whose prize money and impact on th ...

against

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Honours

Albanian Superliga Kategoria Superiore (), also known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons with internet service provider, Abissnet, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Albania. At the top of the Albanian football league syste ...

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Albania - Championship Winning Teams
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* 1957 births Living people Men's association football defenders Albanian men's footballers Albania men's international footballers FK Partizani Tirana players Kategoria Superiore players 20th-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-defender-stub