Muhamet Vila | |
Fullname: | Muhamet Vila |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1928 |
Birth Place: | Kavajë, Albania |
Death Date: | 18 January 2002 |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1950-1960 |
Clubs1: | Dinamo Tirana |
Nationalyears1: | 1952–1953 |
Nationalteam1: | Albania |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1971-1973 |
Managerclubs1: | Besa Kavajë |
Muhamet Vila (7 March 1928 – 18 January 2002) was an Albanian footballer who played his entire professional career as defender for Dinamo Tirana football club.
Paired with Xhevdet Shaqiri he formed the backbone of the defense for a Dinamo team that went on to win 6 league titles in the 1950s.
He made his debut for Albania in a November 1952 friendly match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1953 friendly against Poland.[1]
Vila served as head coach of Besa Kavajë in the 1970s and helped lead the club to 2 Albania Cup finals appearances and to the final of the Balkan Cup tournament of 1971.
His son Arben also played for Dinamo and the national team[2] in the 1980s.
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1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960[3]