Xhevahir Kapllani (born 21 June 1974) is an Albanian

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coach and a former player who played as a

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Playing career

Club

Kapllani played the majority of is career for hometown club

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, with whom he won the 1993–94 Albanian Superliga title, but also had spells with capital clubs

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and Partizani as well as with Macedonian side Bashkimi. In his title winning season with Teuta, he recorded a 824-minute period of not conceding a league goal, putting him in the world's 148th place in the list of goalkeepers keeping the longest clean sheets by 2012.

International

He made his debut for

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in a February 1993

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match against

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in Tirana and earned a total of five caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an April 1996

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against

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Managerial career

Kapllani was head coach of lower league side Sukhti for a year and also was assistant coach at Teuta.

Personal life

He is an older brother of

Edmond Kapllani Edmond Kapllani (born 31 July 1982) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Durrës, Albania, Kapllani began his career with KS Teuta Durrës, KF Partizani Tirana and KS Besa Kavajë in the ...

, also football player, who has played as a striker in Germany and for the national team.

Honours

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* 1974 births Living people Footballers from Durrës Albanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Albania men's international footballers KF Teuta players KS Lushnja players FC Dinamo City players FK Partizani Tirana players Luftëtari FC players KF Erzeni Shijak players KF Bashkimi (1947–2008) players KF Besa Kavajë players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Albanian football managers Kategoria Superiore managers {{Albania-footy-goalkeeper-stub