Blendi Nallbani

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Blendi Nallbani （born 30 May 1971 in Tiranë） is a retired Albanian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Nallbani was a member of the Albanian national team prior to his international retirement in 2002.
Nicknamed Tata, he is the second youngest player to play for the national team only aged 17 at Wembley.
He also holds many records, such as joint most Albanian Superliga winner and the player with the most matches in Albanian Superliga.
After the fall of communism, he was able to move abroad to play in Romania, but then moved back to Albania for good.
He initially played for Partizani Tirana and then, as soon as moving between clubs was allowed in Albania, he moved to his current team KF Tirana for a transfer fee of $1,000,000 where has won multiple Championships, Cups, and Supercups.
That was the most expensive transfer in the Albanian Football History at that time and made front-page news of all major newspapers.
In 2001 he returned to Partizani.
Nallbani moved back to Tirana for a fourth stint in the summer of 2004 after four seasons at rival club Partizani Tirana.
He joined goalkeepers Isli Hidi and Nigerian Ndubuisi Egbo at the club.
At only seventeen years old, Nallbani was the second youngest ever player to play for the Albanian national team.
He conceded five goals to a strong English side in his premiere at Wembley Stadium.
However, had it not been for his strong performance, Albania would have suffered an even greater defeat.
After the game, the English media praised Nallbani's performance as one of the greatest performances and Peter Shilton was himself amazed by the performance of the young ...