Latif Gjondeda

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Latif Gjondeda
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-12-28) 28 December 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Albania
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Flamurtari
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1996 Flamurtari
International career
1987–1992 Albania 5 (0)
Managerial career
1997 Flamurtari
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Latif Gjondeda (born 28 December 1960) is an Albanian retired football defender, who played for Flamurtari and the Albania national team.

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Club career

Gjondeda spent his entire career with Flamurtari in the 1980s and 1990s during the club's golden years, alongside fellow international players like Eqerem Memushi, Kreshnik Çipi, Rrapo Taho, Roland Iljadhi and Agim Bubeqi.

International career

He made his debut for Albania in an October 1987 European Championship qualification match against Romania and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a January 1992 friendly match against Greece. [1]

Later years

Gjondeda was assistant to manager Eqerem Memushi when Flamurtari won the 2009 Albanian Cup. [2] After he was a teacher at “rilindja” school in Vlore

Honours

1991 [3]
1985, 1988 [4]

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References

  1. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  2. Deklarata e ish-presidentit të Tiranës, Halili, se finalja e kupës në 2009 u shit, ka sjellë reagime në Vlorë - Panorama (in Albanian)
  3. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
  4. Albania - Albania - List of Cup Finals - RSSSF