Arben Kasolli
{{Short description|Albanian football manager and former player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|1|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands{{WorldFootball.net}}
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|position = Goalkeeper
|currentclub = Chameria (manager)
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|clubs1 = Naftëtari
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|clubs2 = 17 Nëntori
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|clubs3 = PAS Giannina
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|clubs4 = Ajax
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|clubs5 = HFC Haarlem
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|clubs6 = AZ Alkmaar
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|clubs7 = Fortuna Sittard
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|clubs8 = NEC Nijmegen
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|manageryears1 = 2013–2014
|managerclubs1 = Hajer (goalkeeping coach)
|manageryears2 = 2014–2016
|managerclubs2 = Al Faisaly (goalkeeping coach)
|manageryears3 = 2019–
|managerclubs3 = Chameria (manager)
|manageryears4 = 2019–2021
|managerclubs4 = Dordrecht (goalkeeping coach)
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Arben Kasolli (born 21 January 1967) is an Albanian football manager and former player who is the manager of Chameria national team.
Early life
Kasolli started playing as a goalkeeper at an early age and was a ball boy.{{Cite web|url=https://telegrafi.com/trajneri-pervoje-nderkombetare-portiereve-kosova-ka-mjaft-talente-foto/|title=Arben Kasolli - Telegrafi article}}
Education
Kasolli attended the Vojo Kushi Higher Institute of Physical Culture.{{Cite web|url=http://zeri.info/sport/80826/shqiptari-fluturues-i-holandes/|title=Arben Kasolli - Zeri article}}
Playing career
At the age of eighteen, Kasolli debuted for Naftëtari in the Kategoria Superiore, before playing in Greece.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lajme.gen.al/2010-05-24/sport-profil-arben-kasolli-trajneri-shqiptar-i-portiereve-ne-holande.html|title=Arben Kasolli, Trajneri Shqiptar I Portierëve Në Holandë|publisher=gen.al}}
Managerial career
Kasolli obtained a managerial license from the Dutch Football Federation.{{Cite web|url=https://telegraf.al/sport/arben-kasolli-ju-tregoj-magjistarin-tim-krul/|title=Arben Kasolli: Ju tregoj ‘magjistarin’ Tim Krul|publisher=telegraf.al}} He was once the only foreign goalkeeping coach in the Netherlands. Besides working as a goalkeeping coach, he also worked as a scout.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arkivalajmeve.com/Arben-Kasolli-i-zgjedhur-tek-kryetraineret--me-te-mire-te-vitit.112144/|title=Arben Kasolli i zgjedhur tek kryetraineret me te mire te vitit|publisher=arkivalajmeve.com}} He has established the Kasolli Goalkeeping Academy in Kosovo.{{Cite web|url=https://telegrafi.com/kasolli-goalkeeping-academy-kosova/|title=
Kasolli – goalkeeping academy Kosova|publisher=telegrafi.com}} In 2018, he was appointed manager of the Chameria national football team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.drenicapress.info/befasi-formohet-kombetarja-e-camerise/|title=Formohet Kombëtarja e Çamërisë|publisher=drenicapress.info}}
Personal life
References
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Category:Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Albanian men's footballers
Category:Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Category:Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:20th-century Albanian sportsmen
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