Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 April 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Albania | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1991 | Partizani Tirana | ||
SC 09 Erkelenz | |||
TuS Kückhoven | |||
1997–2001 | Wegberg-Beeck | ||
2001–2005 | Jülich | ||
2005–2007 | SC Rheindahlen | ||
National team | |||
1989 | Albania | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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Hasanpapa played for Partizani in the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup game against Dutch giants Feyenoord in Rotterdam and decided not to return to communist Albania after the match, [1] but to leave for Germany where he played for Erkelenz, Kückhoven and Wegberg. [2] He later surfaced at SC Jülich, where he became subject of a TV documentary. [3] At 42, he still played for fellow German amateur side SC Rheindahlen. [4]
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