Dodë Tahiri

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

Dodë Tahiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-11-27)27 November 1918
Place of birth Pecaj, Albania
Date of death 28 May 1988(1988-05-28) (aged 69)
Place of death Mladenovac, Yugoslavia
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1939 Bashan Lazarevac
1939–1941 Šumadija Aranđelovac
1945–1946 Vllaznia
1946–1948 Budućnost Titograd
1948–1953 Šumadija Aranđelovac
National team
1946 Albania 2 (0)
Teams managed
-1956 19 Shtatori
Jedinstvo
OFK Mladenovac
1961-1962 Šumadija
1964 Šumadija
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Pecaj, Dukagjin highlands, Tahiri came to Lazarevac, Serbia, in 1938 to play for Bashan. Named after his place of birth, he played in Serbia as Doda Pecović.[1] He later played for FK Šumadija Aranđelovac in Serbia during the 1930s and 1950s.[2] At the end of the Second World War he played with Vllaznia Shkodër in Albania[3] winning two league titles. Then he played with FK Budućnost Titograd in the 1946–47[4] and 1948–49[5] Yugoslav First League.

International career

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).[6]

Honours
  • Albanian Superliga: 2
1945, 1946 [7]

References
  1. Dodë Tahiri, futbollisti shqiptar që la gjurmë në Serbi para 80 vjetësh - Panorama (in Albanian)
  2. "First foreign player Doda Tahiri played during the 1930s and 1950s Archived 2011-10-21 at the Wayback Machine at Šumadija Aranđelovac official website (in Serbian)
  3. Dodë Tahiri at Worldfootball
  4. 1946/47 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net
  5. 1947/48 Yugoslav First League appearances at hrsport.net
  6. Dode Tahiri at EU-Football.info
  7. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
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