Sulejman Demollari

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Sulejman Demollari
Personal information
Full name Sulejman Demollari
Date of birth (1964-05-15) 15 May 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1991
Dinamo Tirana
 124+ (40+)
1991–1995 Dinamo București 100 (36)
1994–1996 Panionios 24 (1)
1996–1997 Győr 5 (1)
International career
198?–1984 Albania U21
1983–1995 Albania 45 (1)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Albania
2004–2005
Lushnja
2005–2006 Shkumbini
2006
Lushnja
2006
Dinamo Tirana
2009–2011 Albania U-15
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sulejman Demollari (born 15 May 1964 in Tirana) also known as Sul Demollari is an Albanian former football player and coach.

Playing career

Early life

Demollari was born in

Dinamo Tirana's youth team where he managed to become one of the best players on the team. At the age of just 15 he was called up to play for Dinamo's senior team, alongside fellow midfield legends such as Ilir Përnaska, Shyqyri Ballgjini and Muhedin Targaj
.

Club

Demollari played his entire career in Albania for

Dinamo Tirana, alongside fellow internationals Genc Ibro, Eduard Abazi and Agim Canaj, winning two league titles.[2][3][4]

Following the

Divizia A matches in which he scored 36 goals and received only one yellow card, also he is considered one of the best foreign footballers that played in Romania.[4][5][6][7][9][10][11][12]

Demollari spent the last years of his career, having short spells in Greece with

Luis Figo's Sporting Lisabona in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.[6][11][13]

International

Sulejman Demollari was part of Albania U21's generation that finished the qualification group on the 1st position in front of West Germany U21 at the 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where in the quarter-finals they were eliminated by Italy U21 after a double 1–0 loss.[4]

Demollari played 45 matches and scored one goal at international level for Albania, making his debut on 27 April 1983 under coach Shyqyri Rreli in a Euro 1984 qualification match which ended with a 1–0 loss against Northern Ireland.[14][15] He played six games at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, including a 2–0 victory against Belgium.[14] Demollari went on to play six games at the Euro 1988 qualifiers, six games at the 1990 World Cup qualifiers, five at the Euro 1992 qualifiers, nine matches in which he scored his only goal for the national team in a 3–1 loss against Lithuania at the 1994 World Cup qualifiers and nine games at the Euro 1996 qualifiers.[14] From his 45 caps, only three were friendlies, in 41 he was in the starting 11 and he was captain in 18 matches.[14]

International goals

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Demollari goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Sulejman Demollari
# Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 April 1993 Žalgirio stadionas, Vilnius, Lithuania 33  Lithuania 1–3 1–3 1994 World Cup qualifiers

Managerial career

In 2001, Demollari started his coaching career at

Dinamo Tirana.[12]

From 2011 until 2012 Demollari worked as a scout for Dinamo București, bringing Elis Bakaj at the club.[17][18][9]

Honours

Club

Dinamo Tirana

Dinamo București

Individual

References

  1. ^ Q. Stafa High School website. "Historiku". Archived from the original on 12 January 2014.
  2. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Sul Demollari: "Edhe uno besoj!"" [Sul Demollari: "I believe too!"] (in Albanian). Telegraf.al. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Sulejman Demollari kapiteni modern i kuqezinjve" [Sulejman Demollari, the modern captain of the Red and Blacks] (in Albanian). Tifozet.al. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Demollari idhulli i rumuneve qe e beri presidentin me zemer" [Demollari, the Romanian idol who made the president by heart] (in Albanian). Panorama.com. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "Demollari, cel mai bun străin care a evoluat vreodată în România" [Demollari, the Romanian idol who made the president by heart] (in Albanian). Gsp.ro. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "Primii străini de după revoluție" [The first foreigners after the revolution] (in Albanian). Welovesport.ro. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Sulejman Demollari at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  9. ^ a b c "Declarație cutremurătoare a lui Demollari, după moartea lui Florin Halagian" [Shocking statement of Demollari, after the death of Florin Halagian] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Arbitrii români l-au găsit pe Demollari! Ce mai face fostul star al lui Dinamo. "Am rămas impresionat!" SPECIAL" [The Romanian referees found Demollari! How is the former Dinamo star. "I was impressed!" SPECIAL] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "Cel mai bun străin care a evoluat în Liga 1! "Sunt Demollari care omoară militarii"" [The best foreigner to play in Liga 1! "Demollari are kills the military men"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  12. ^ a b c d "Demollari isi cauta de lucru in Romania" [Demollari is looking for work in Romania] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  13. ^ a b Sulejman Demollari at WorldFootball.net
  14. ^ a b c d e "Sulejman Demollari player profile". European Football. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Northern Ireland 1-0 Albania". European Football. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Sulejman Demollari manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Cu Demollari scouter, Dinamo se transformă în colonie albaneză" [With Demollari scout, Dinamo transforms into an Albanian colony] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  18. ^ "L-au "demolat" pe Demollari" [They "demolished" Demollari] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  19. ^ a b c Sulejman Demollari at National-Football-Teams.com
  20. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  21. ^ dinamo. "Sulejman Demollari – Nderi i sportit shqiptar". dinamo.al. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

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