Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fatjon Tafaj | ||
Date of birth | 19 March 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Tiranë, Albania | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo City (joint-assistant coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2001 | Partizani Tirana | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2004 | Partizani | 16 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Elbasani (loan) | ||
2003–2004 | → Lushnja (loan) | ||
2004–2006 | Shkumbini | 64 | (1) |
2006–2009 | Partizani | 74 | (1) |
2009–2013 | Kamza | 59 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Laçi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2013 | Partizani | 13 | (0) |
2013 | Dinamo Tirana | 8 | (0) |
2014 | Kamza | 16 | (0) |
Total | 250+ | (3+) | |
International career | |||
2000 | Albania U18 | 3 | (0) |
2002 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2017 | Kukësi (co-assistant) | ||
2019–2021 | Shkëndija (co-assistant) | ||
2022–2023 | Partizani (co-assistant) | ||
2023– | Dinamo City (co-assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2019 |
Fatjon Tafaj (born 19 March 1982) is an Albanian football coach and former player, who is currently the co-assistant coach of Dinamo City, alongside fellow manager Dritan Mehmeti.
In December 2012, Tafaj agreed personal terms and made a second return at his boyhood club Partizani Tirana, now in Albanian First Division, by signing until the end of the season. [1] He started the second part of 2012–13 season by playing full-90 minutes in a 2–1 win at Butrinti Sarandë. [2]
On 13 August 2013, Tafaj joined fellow capital side Dinamo Tirana on a one-year contract. [3] He made his official debut later that month by starting in the 3–2 away loss to Veleçiku Koplik in the opening week of 2013–14 Albanian First Division. [4]
In January 2014, Tafaj returned to Kamza as a player-coach. [5]
Tafaj has been a former member of Albania youth side, playing three matches for under-18 squad in 2000 and one match for under-21 in 2002. [6]
On 31 July 2016, Tafaj was named as assistant coach of Ernest Gjoka at Kukësi. [7]
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