Dodë Tahiri

Dodë Tahiri

Personal information
Date of birth	27 November 1918
Place of birth	Peca, Albania
Date of death	28 May 1988 (aged 69)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
193x–193x	Šumadija Aranđelovac
1945–1946	Vllaznia Shkodër
1946–1949	Budućnost Titograd
195x–195x	Šumadija Aranđelovac
National team
1946	Albania	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Dodë Tahiri (27 November 1918– 28 May 1988) was an Albanian international football player. He was the goalkeeper at Albanian first ever international match against Yugoslavia in 1946.

He made a total of 2 appearances for the Albanian national team, both in 1946 in Tirana within the 1946 Balkan Cup, the first against Yugoslavia (2-3 defeat) and the second against Bulgaria (3-1 win).^[1]

At club level, he played with KS Vllaznia Shkodër^[2] in Albania, and in Yugoslavia with ASK Obilić (nowadays FK Šumadija Aranđelovac in Serbia) during the 1930s and 1950s.^[3] At the end of the Second World War he played with Vllaznia winning the 1945 and 1946 Albanian Championship^[4] Then he played with FK Budućnost Titograd in the 1946–47^[5] and 1948–49^[6] Yugoslav First League.

References

1. Dode Tahiri at EU-Football.info
2. Dodë Tahiri at Worldfootball
3. "First foreign player Doda Tahiri played during the 1930s and 1950s at Šumadija Aranđelovac official website (Serbian)
4. Albania - Championship Winning Teams at RSSSF
5. 1946/47 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net
6. 1947/48 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net