Redi Bashkim Jupi (born 31 May 1974) is an Albanian retired

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. He played in the central midfield for KS Dinamo Tirana and has 19 caps for the Albania national team since his debut in 1995. Jupi is currently the manager of Albania U21 for the European Football Championship qualification.

Playing career

Club

Jupi appeared in 128 Turkish

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matches during the three seasons he played for Diyarbakirspor.

International

He made his debut for

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in an August 1995

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away against

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and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 2006

against

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in Tirana.

National team statistics

Managerial career

On 11 August 2015, Jupi was appointed manager of the Albania U21 following the departure of Skënder Gega at

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side Al-Jahra. His debut was a 1–1 home draw against Israel U21 in team's second qualifying match for 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. After the match, he told the media that he was satisfied with the team's reaction.

Albanian FA

The

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president

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created the 'Talent Office' in 2011 and named Jupi as the head of the new department to scout young Albanian talent all around the world and convince them to represent Albania. From 2012 onward he was appointed as the Director of the National Teams Department in the AFA.

Honours

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References

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1974 births Living people Footballers from Vlorë Albanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Albania men's international footballers FC Dinamo City players KF Olimpic players FK Partizani Tirana players NK Istra players HNK Rijeka players NK Slavija Vevče players KF Tirana players Diyarbakırspor footballers Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Croatian Football League players Süper Lig players Albanian football managers FC Dinamo City managers Albania national under-21 football team managers {{Albania-footy-midfielder-stub