Salvador Kaçaj

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Salvador Kaçaj

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| height = 1.86 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lezhë, Albania

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 1985–1990

| clubs1 = Besëlidhja

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| years2 = 1990–1991

| clubs2 = Skënderbeu

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| years3 = 1990–1991

| clubs3 = Kalotheas

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| years4 = 1992–1994

| clubs4 = Athinaikos

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| years5 = 1994–1999

| clubs5 = Olympiakos Nicosia

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 1995–1997

| clubs6 = Omonia Nicosia

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| years7 = 1997–1998

| clubs7 = Levadiakos

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| years8 = 1998–2000

| clubs8 = Vllaznia

| caps8 = 11

| goals8 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1991–1996

| nationalteam1 = Albania

| nationalcaps1 = 18

| nationalgoals1 = 1

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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.,{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Greece 1992/93|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk93.html|date=21 March 2004}} he joined Athinaikos F.C. in the Greek first division for two seasons.{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html|date=11 May 2005|accessdate=15 October 2009}}

After three seasons in Cyprus with AC Omonia, he returned to Greece to play for Levadiakos in the Greek Beta Ethniki.{{cite web|publisher=Hellenic League|title=Πρωτάθλημα / FOOTBALL LEAGUE / ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ Β' ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ 1997–98 / 1η αγωνιστική / ΠΑΝΑΡΓΕΙΑΚΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΠΑΕ – ΛΕΒΑΔΕΙΑΚΟΣ ΑΠΟ ΠΑΕ|url=http://www.epae.org/match.fds?categ=2&dior_code=24&cal_day=1&game=7&group=0&type=1&pagecode=01.02&langid=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617012404/http://www.epae.org/match.fds?categ=2&dior_code=24&cal_day=1&game=7&group=0&type=1&pagecode=01.02&langid=1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 June 2012|language=Greek|date=7 September 1997}}

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.{{cite web|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author1=Hoxha, Florent |author2=Mamrud, Roberto |name-list-style=amp |title=Albania – Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/alba-recintlp.html|date=16 July 2009|accessdate=15 October 2009}} His final international was a June 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9972|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=2019-04-23}}

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|date=September 2024}} His nephew David Kaçaj played briefly for KF Tërbuni Pukë in the Kategoria Superiore.{{cite news|url=https://www.panorama.com.al/sport/terbuni-kacaj-beson-te-surpriza/|title=Tërbuni, Kaçaj beson te surpriza|date=15 April 2016|publisher=Panorama Sport|language=sq|access-date=12 September 2024|location=Tërbuni, Kaçaj believes in surprises}}

In May 2011, Kaçaj was elected town mayor of Shëngjin, a small touristic coastal town situated in Lezhë District.[http://www.panorama.com.al/kallezimi-penal-kacaj-loje-per-per-te-prishur-imazhin-tim-ne-prag-te-zgjedhjes-se-kandidaturave-per-zgjedhjet/ Procedimi penal, qytetari: Më shembi lokalin me leje. Kaçaj: Lojë për të prishur imazhin tim në prag të zgjedhjeve] – Panorama {{in lang|sq}}