Salvador Kaçaj

Albanian footballer

Salvador Kaçaj
Personal information
Full name	Salvador Kaçaj
Date of birth	(1967-10-23) 23 October 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Lezhë, Albania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1990	Besëlidhja
1990–1991	Skënderbeu
1990–1991	Kalotheas
1992–1994	Athinaikos
1994–1999	Olympiakos Nicosia	28	(4)
1995–1997	Omonia Nicosia
1997–1998	Levadiakos
1998–2000	Vllaznia	11	(1)
International career
1991–1996	Albania	18	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvador Kaçaj (born 23 October 1967) is a retired Albanian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Kaçaj began playing football in Albania with the club Besëlidhja Lezhë, and moved to Greece in 1991. After one season in the Greek third division with Kallithea F.C.,^[1] he joined Athinaikos F.C. in the Greek first division for two seasons.^[2]

After three seasons in Cyprus with AC Omonia, he returned to Greece to play for Levadiakos in the Greek Beta Ethniki.^[3]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1991 friendly match against Greece and earned a total of 18 caps, scoring 1 goal.^[4] His final international was a June 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against Portugal.^[5]

Post-football career

Kaçaj has a legal degree as well as a business degree that he earned by attending University in New York. He was presented with the title "Master of the sport" and decorated with "Gold Medal". Kaçaj is now married with four children.^{[citation needed]} His nephew David Kaçaj played briefly for KF Tërbuni Pukë in the Kategoria Superiore.^[6]

In May 2011, Kaçaj was elected town mayor of Shëngjin, a small touristic coastal town situated in Lezhë District.^[7]

References

^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 1992/93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
^ "Πρωτάθλημα / FOOTBALL LEAGUE / ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ Β' ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ 1997–98 / 1η αγωνιστική / ΠΑΝΑΡΓΕΙΑΚΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΠΑΕ – ΛΕΒΑΔΕΙΑΚΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΠΑΕ" (in Greek). Hellenic League. 7 September 1997.
^ Hoxha, Florent & Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Albania – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Tërbuni, Kaçaj beson te surpriza" (in Albanian). Tërbuni, Kaçaj believes in surprises: Panorama Sport. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ Procedimi penal, qytetari: Më shembi lokalin me leje. Kaçaj: Lojë për të prishur imazhin tim në prag të zgjedhjeve – Panorama (in Albanian)