Fatmir Hasanpapa

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Fatmir Hasanpapa
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-04-19) 19 April 1965 (age 59)
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
International career
1989 Albania 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fatmir Hasanpapa (born 19 April 1965) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played as a midfielder for Partizani Tirana and later in Germany.

Club career[edit]

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]

International career[edit]

He made his debut for Albania in an April 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against England, which proved to be his sole international game.[5] He started that game after Mirel Josa was out injured.[6]

Honours[edit]

1987[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Halve ploeg Partizan Tirana blijft achter in Rotterdam - NRC (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Geflüster aus der Karl-Fischer-Halle - RP Online (in German)
  3. ^ SC Juelich 1910 – German Football Tradition - SC Jülich
  4. ^ Ehrung auf Strümpfen - RP Online (in German)
  5. ^ "Player Database".
  6. ^ England – Albania - Italia1990
  7. ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF

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