Adnan Oçelli (born 6 August 1963) is an Albanian retired international football player, used mostly as a left defender.

Adnan Oçelli
Personal information
Full name Adnan Oçelli
Date of birth (1963-08-06) 6 August 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Albania
Position(s) Leftback
Youth career
Partizani Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1993 Partizani Tirana
1993–1995 Zadar 54 (6)
1995–1996 Union Berlin 11 (2)
1996–1997 Orijent 14 (0)
1996Suwon Bluewings (loan) 14 (1)
1997–1999 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0 (0)
International career
1984–1993 Albania 11 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012 Podgradina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

He grew up at the KF Partizani football academy and defended its red colors for 9 years, until he moved abroad and joined Croatian side NK Zadar in 1993. In 1995–1996 he had a short spell with Union Berlin[1] and he later played in South Korea and in Croatia again.

International career edit

Oçelli made his debut for Albania in the famous December 1984 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Belgium and earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Denmark.[2]

Player agent edit

Oçelli spent time as a coach with Croatian amateurs Podgradina and later became one of Albania's official FIFA player agents.[3]

Honours edit

1987, 1993[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Profile Archived 13 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Immer Unioner (in German)
  2. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ Agjentët “pushtojnë” Shqipërinë - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  4. ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF

External sources edit