Hamdi Bakalli

Hamdi Bakalli
Personal information
Full name	Hamdi Bakalli
Date of birth	1 January 1923
Place of birth	Shkodër, Albania
Date of death	1 January 1991 (aged 68)
Place of death	Shkodër, Albania
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1939–1944	Vllaznia
1945	Ylli I Kuq Shkodër
1945–1947	Vllaznia
1947–1949	Partizani
1950	Vllaznia
1950–1955	Dinamo Tirana
1955–1960	Vllaznia
International career
1950–1953	Albania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamdi Bakalli (1923–1991) was an Albanian footballer who played for Vllaznia Shkodër, Ylli I Kuq Shkodër, Partizani Tirana and Dinamo Tirana. He was also a member of the Albania national team between 1950 and 1953.

Club career

A native of Shkodër, Bakalli played for hometown club Vllaznia but also had successful spells at capital clubs Partizani and Dinamo Tirana with whom he won a total of 7 league titles. On 20 March 1947, he scored the first ever goal of the KF Tirana–Partizani Tirana rivalry.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1950 friendly match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1953 friendly match against Poland.^[2]

Personal life

He was part of a footballing family, as all of his four brothers, Xhabir, Alush, Xhevat and Rifat were also footballers during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s in Albania.^[3]