Jani Kaçi

Jani Kaçi

Personal information
Full name	Jani Kaçi
Date of birth	17 August 1952
Place of birth	Korçë, Albania
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Skënderbeu Korçë Goalkeeping coach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1972	Skënderbeu Korçë
1972–1973	KF Elbasani
1973–1975	Partizani Tirana
1976–1985	Skënderbeu Korçë
National team^‡
1972–1976	Albania U21	20	(0)
1974–1984	Albania	6	(0)
Teams managed
1985–1987	Skënderbeu Korçë (youth)
1987–1996	Skënderbeu Korçë
1997–1999	Pindos
2000–2001	Gramozi Ersekë
2002–2004	Skënderbeu Korçë
2006–2007	Skënderbeu Korçë
2008–2009	Skënderbeu Korçë (goalkeeping)
2014–	Skënderbeu Korçë (U19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 September 2011

Jani Kaçi (born 17 August 1952 in Korçë) is a retired Albanian professional footballer. He played in goal for Skënderbeu Korçë in the 70s and 80s as well as the Albania national team, earning himself 6 full senior caps. He is widely considered to be one of Skënderbeu Korçë's best ever goalkeepers.

He has also managed Skënderbeu Korçë and won the 2006-07 Albanian First Division with the club.^[1] In February 2010 he was named as assistant manager under Mirel Josa at Skënderbeu,^[2] a position which he filled until the manager's departure at the end of the 2009-10 season. He has since returned to his post as the goalkeeping coach of Skënderbeu. In recent years he has also been goalkeeping coach of the Albania U-21 national team.

Career

Born in Korçë on 17 August 1952 to an Albanian mother and a Greek father born in Athens, Kaçi joined his local side Skënderbeu Korçë as a 13-year-old where he became a goalkeeper due to his height. He joined the under–19s in 1967, at the age of just 15, and made his senior debut just two years later in an Albanian Cup game against Besëlidhja Lezhë. In 1972 he interrupted his studies at the High Agricultural Institute of Korçë to complete his military service, with the home of joining the military side Partizani Tirana. He was forced to join KF Elbasani instead as Partizani was a tour of China at the time. He played for Elbasani between 1972 and 1973, when he was spotted military commander Petrit Dume in a match against Partizani which Elbasani won 3–0, who insisted that he joined Partizani.

Honours

Managerial

Skënderbeu Korçë

• Albanian First Division (1): 2006-07

References

1. "Jani Kaçi trajneri i ri i Skënderbeut" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
2. Kristo Zhidro (2010-02-10). "Jani Kaçi, ndihmesi i Joses tek Skenderbeu!" (in Albanian). Albania Soccer. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

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