Faruk Sejdini

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Faruk Sejdini
Personal information
Full name Faruk Sejdini
Date of birth (1950-02-07) 7 February 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Tirana, PR Albania
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Dinamo Tirana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1966–1979 Dinamo Tirana
International career
1971–1976 Albania 11 (0)
Managerial career
1994–1997 Dinamo Tirana
1998–1999 Dinamo Tirana
1999–2000 Luftëtari
2000–2001 Dinamo Tirana
2001 Besa Kavajë
2001–2002 Dinamo Tirana
2003 Apolonia Fier
2004 Dinamo Tirana
2004–2005 Dinamo Tirana
2006 Dinamo Tirana
2006 Shkumbini
2007 Skënderbeu
2007–2008 Bylis Ballsh
2009 Elbasani
2011 Dinamo Tirana
2015 Dinamo Tirana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Faruk Sejdini (born 7 February 1950) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player. [1]

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Club career

Sejdini had a successful albeit short career playing as a defender, representing Dinamo Tirana from 1966 to 1979. [2] His career begun in 1967 in the academy when he was spotted by coach Skënder Jareci along with striker Ilir Përnaska, who become a future club legend. [3] He was part of Dinamo's golden generation of the 1970', winning five Albanian Superliga titles and three Albanian Cups. [4]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a May 1971 Olympic Games qualification match against Romania and earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1976 friendly match against Algeria. [5]

International statistics

Source: [5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Albania 197130
197220
197350
197610
Total110

Managerial career

His last coaching experience was in 2015 when he had a brief spell with Dinamo Tirana. [6]

Honours

Player
1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 [7]
1971, 1974, 1978 [8]
Manager career
2002

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References

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  3. "Pension i posaçëm për legjendën e Dinamos, Ilir Përnaska" [Particular passion for the legend of Dinamo, Ilir Përnaska] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. "Zbulohet ditari i Skënder Jarecit, strategu i Dinamos së madhe" [Skënder Jareci's diary discovered, strategist of the great Dinamo] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Faruk Sejdini - national football team player". European Football. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. Skerdilaid Sulozeqi (13 March 2015). "Dinamo rikthen Faruk Sejdinin si trajner" [Dinamo brings back Faruk Sejdini as coach] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
  8. Faruk Sejdini: “Kampionat i varfër” - Telegraf (in Albanian)