Xhavit Demneri
Personal information
Full name Xhavit Shyqyri Demneri
Date of birth (1919-01-01)1 January 1919
Place of birth Tirana, Principality of Albania
Date of death 10 November 1996(1996-11-10) (aged 77)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sport Club Rinia
Sport Club Tirana
Shprefeja
1945–1947 Partizani
International career
1946 Albania 1 (0)
Managerial career
1952 17 Nëntori Tirana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Xhavit Shyqyri Demneri (1919 — 10 November 1996) was an Albanian football player.

Xhavit Shyqyri Demneri Street, a street in Tirana, the capital of Albania, is named in his honor.

Playing career

Club

He was born in Tirana, and was heavily involved in Albanian football by the late 1930s. He was active with Sport Club Rinia, Sport Club Tirana and Shprefeja. He played defense.

He was among the first to gather with Besim Fagu and Jani Leka to start the establishment of Partizani sports club at the end of 1945, also serving as coach of the football team. He was forced to retire as a player due to a knee injury. Demneri was also a member of the 1947 Partizani championship team.[1]

International

He made his debut for Albania in an October 1946 Balkan Cup match against Yugoslavia, his sole cap.[2]

Managerial career

He is best remembered as a coach and trainer.[3]

Honours

1947[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Albania - Championship Winning Teams". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  3. ↑ http://www.sportekspres.com/lajm.php?idt=90%5B%5D
  4. ↑ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF


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