Bedri Omuri (born 16 January 1957 in

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 ...

), nicknamed ''Bedrana'' by the SK Tirana fans during the 1980s, is an

n retired

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Club career

The

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spent most of his playing career at 17 Nëntori Tirana, making his debut against Lokomotiva Durrës in January 1977 and winning 8 domestic trophies. He also had two seasons at Besëlidhja Lezhë.

International career

He made his debut for

in a September 1982 European Championship qualification match away at

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and earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 3 goals. His final international was an April 1987 European Championship qualification match, also against

International goals

Personal life

After retiring as a player, Omuri worked as a coach with all different age groups at

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. The men's football club is part of the multi-discipli ...

and also worked as a physical education teacher at schools and for Tirana municipality.

Honours

;Nëntori Tirana *

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 ...

: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89 *

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup () is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit ( English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started. It start ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

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* 1957 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Albania men's international footballers KF Tirana players KF Besëlidhja Lezhë players Kategoria Superiore players 20th-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-midfielder-stub