Nevil Dede

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Nevil Dede
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Dede as Tirana coach
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-01-10) 10 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2004 Tirana 255 (24)
2004-2006 Elbasani 68 (11)
2006–2007 Tirana 44 (6)
2008 Changsha 25 (0)
2008–2009 Elbasani 8 (0)
2009 Tirana 0 (0)
Total400(41)
International career
1995–2007 Albania 30 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Skënderbeu (assistant manager)
2010–2011 Tirana
2011 Laçi
2012 Luftëtari
2013 Tirana
2014 Kastrioti
2015–2018 Albania women's U19
2018 Erzeni
2019−2020 Albania U19
2020−2021 Tirana
2021−2022 Erzeni
2022−2023 Dinamo Tirana
2023−2024 Elbasani
2024− Erzeni
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nevil Thanas Dede (born 10 January 1975) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of KF Erzeni.

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A centre-back, Dede spent most of his club career with his hometown club Tirana, winning a string of trophies, including 8 championships, being one of the most decorated players.

Dede has also been an Albanian international, representing Albania in 30 matches. He was also named Albanian Footballer of the Year in 2006.

After retiring early on in the 2009–10 season, [1] Dede was appointed assistant manager of Tirana. Since then, Dede did not settle any teams, managing in quick succession Laçi, Tirana once again, Luftëtari and Kastrioti and Albania U19 women where he was the inaugural head coach. In 2018, after one year four years without managing a club, he was named new manager of Dinamo Tirana. [2]

Club career

He has played for KF Tirana since 1994 until 2008, except for the years 2004–2006 when he played for Elbasani. Dede also had a short spell in China in 2008 with Changsha.

Dede was one of the most important individuals in the Elbasani squad that clinched Albanian Superliga title in the 2005–06 season. [3] He played 33 matches and scored 5 goals, and was rewarded with Albanian Footballer of the Year award for his performances. [4]

Dede announced his retirement from the sport in September 2009 due to injuries. [1]

International career

Dede made his debut for the Albania national team in 1995, and has been capped 30 times. [5]

Managerial career

Tirana

In October 2009, after retiring in the previous month, [1] Dede was appointet assistant manager of Alban Tafaj at Tirana. [6] His spell was short-lived however, as he left the club in February of the following year after falling out with Tafaj. [7]

Tirana return

On 10 October 2010, Dede was renamed manager of Tirana for the remainder of the season, replacing the departed Sulejman Starova. [8] He was presented to the media in the next day. [9]

Erzeni

On 10 January 2018, Dede was named the manager of Kategoria e Parë side Erzeni; he was presented on the same day. [2] However, after less than two weeks, Dede announced to have left the team, citing the distant distance from Tirana as the main reason. [10]

Career statistics

Club

ClubSeasonLeague
DivisionAppsGoals
KF Tirana 1992–93 Kategoria Superiore 210
1993–94200
1994–95251
1995–96305
1996–97142
1997–98251
1998–99110
1999–00245
2000–01256
2001–02222
2002–03100
2003–04282
KF Elbasani 2005–06Kategoria Superiore335
2004–05356
KF Tirana 2006–07Kategoria Superiore305
2007–0800

International

Albania national team
YearAppsGoals
199510
199630
199700
199800
199900
200010
200120
200250
200350
200410
200500
200610
2007110
Total300

Honours

Tirana

Elbasani

Individual

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