Personal information | |||
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Full name | Faruk Sejdini | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Tirana, PR Albania | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Dinamo Tirana | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
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]
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]
Source: [5]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Albania | 1971 | 3 | 0 |
1972 | 2 | 0 | |
1973 | 5 | 0 | |
1976 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
His last coaching experience was in 2015 when he had a brief spell with Dinamo Tirana. [6]
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