Hamdi Bakalli

{{short description|Albanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Hamdi Bakalli | image = | fullname = Hamdi Bakalli | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Shkodër, Albania | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|1|1|1923|1|1|df=y}} | death_place = Shkodër, Albania | height = | currentclub = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1939–1944 | clubs1 = Vllaznia | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1945 | clubs2 = Ylli I Kuq Shkodër | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1945–1947 | clubs3 = Vllaznia | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1947–1949 | clubs4 = Partizani | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1950 | clubs5 = Vllaznia | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1950–1955 | clubs6 = Dinamo Tirana | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 1955–1960 | clubs7 = Vllaznia | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 1950–1953 | nationalteam1 = Albania | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}

'''Hamdi Bakalli''' (1 January 1923 – 1 January 1991) was an Albanian footballer who played for Vllaznia Shkodër, Ylli I Kuq Shkodër, Partizani Tirana and Dinamo Tirana. He was born on 1 January 1923 in Shkodër and died on the same date of 1991, day of his 68th birthday, in the same city. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panorama.com.al/sport/refik-resmja-bomberi-i-derbit/|title=Refik Resmja, bomberi i derbit|website=Panorama|accessdate=2018-12-29}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1101|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=2018-12-29}}</ref>

==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.<ref>[http://www.shkodrasport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5808:hamdi-bakalli-sulmuesi-i-shquar-i-tre-skuadrave&catid=45:personazhe&Itemid=108&lang=en Bakalli, sulmuesi i shquar i tee skuadrave]</ref>

==Honours== * '''Albanian Superliga: 7''' :: 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/alba-champ-teams.html Albania - Championship Winning Teams] - RSSSF</ref>

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Category:1923 births Category:1991 deaths Category:Footballers from Shkodër Category:Albanian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Albania men's international footballers Category:KF Vllaznia players Category:FK Partizani Tirana players Category:FC Dinamo City players Category:Kategoria Superiore players Category:20th-century Albanian sportsmen