 Dede as Tirana coach | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nevil Thanas Dede | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-01-10)10 January 1975 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana,PR Albania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ferizaj | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2004 | Tirana | 255 | (24) |
| 2004-2006 | Elbasani | 68 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | Tirana | 44 | (6) |
| 2008 | Changsha | 25 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Elbasani | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Tirana | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 400 | (41) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2007 | Albania | 30 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Skënderbeu (assistant manager) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Tirana | ||
| 2011 | Laçi | ||
| 2012 | Luftëtari | ||
| 2013 | Tirana | ||
| 2014 | Kastrioti | ||
| 2015–2018 | Albania women's U19 | ||
| 2018 | Erzeni | ||
| 2019−2020 | Albania U19 | ||
| 2020−2021 | Tirana | ||
| 2021−2022 | Erzeni | ||
| 2022−2023 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
| 2023−2024 | Elbasani | ||
| 2024−2025 | Bylis | ||
| 2025− | Ferizaj | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nevil Thanas Dede (born 10 January 1975) is an Albanian professionalfootball coach and former player.
Acentre-back, Dede spent most of his club career with his hometown clubTirana, winning a string of trophies, including 8championships, being one of the most decorated players.
Dede has also been anAlbanian international, representing Albania in 30 matches. He was also namedAlbanian Footballer of the Year in 2006.
After retiring early on in the 2009–10 season,[1] Dede was appointed assistant manager of Tirana. Since then, Dede did not settle any teams, managing in quick succession Laçi, Tirana once again, Luftëtari and Kastrioti and Albania U19 women where he was the inaugural head coach. In 2018, after one year four years without managing a club, he was named new manager ofDinamo Tirana.[2]
He has played forKF Tirana since 1994 until 2008, except for the years 2004–2006 when he played forElbasani. Dede also had a short spell inChina in 2008 withChangsha.
Dede was one of the most important individuals in the Elbasani squad that clinched Albanian Superliga title in the2005–06 season.[3] He played 33 matches and scored 5 goals, and was rewarded withAlbanian Footballer of the Year award for his performances.[4]
Dede announced his retirement from the sport in September 2009 due to injuries.[1]
Dede made his debut for theAlbania national team in 1995, and has been capped 30 times.[5]
In October 2009, after retiring in the previous month,[1] Dede was appointet assistant manager ofAlban Tafaj at Tirana.[6] His spell was short-lived however, as he left the club in February of the following year after falling out with Tafaj.[7]
On 10 October 2010, Dede was renamed manager of Tirana for the remainder of the season, replacing the departedSulejman Starova.[8] He was presented to the media in the next day.[9]
On 10 January 2018, Dede was named the manager of Kategoria e Parë sideErzeni; he was presented on the same day.[2] However, after less than two weeks, Dede announced to have left the team, citing the distant distance fromTirana as the main reason.[10]
On 25 September 2024 Dede was appointed as the head coach of theKF Bylis.[11]
| Club | Season | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| KF Tirana | 1992–93 | Kategoria Superiore | 21 | 0 |
| 1993–94 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 1995–96 | 30 | 5 | ||
| 1996–97 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 1998–99 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 2000–01 | 25 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 28 | 2 | ||
| KF Elbasani | 2005–06 | Kategoria Superiore | 33 | 5 |
| 2004–05 | 35 | 6 | ||
| KF Tirana | 2006–07 | Kategoria Superiore | 30 | 5 |
| 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Albania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 11 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 |
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