Adnan Oçelli

Adnan Oçelli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-08-06) 6 August 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Albania
Position(s)	Left-back
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)
1996	→ Suwon 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

Adnan Oçelli (born 6 August 1963) is an Albanian former professional footballer who player as a left-back. He made 11 appearances for the Albania national team.

Club career

Oçelli grew up at the KF Partizani football academy and defended its red colors for nine years, until he moved abroad and joined Croatian side NK Zadar in 1993. In 1995–96 he had a short spell with Union Berlin^[1] and he later played in South Korea and in Croatia again.

International career

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

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

Honours

• Albanian Superliga: 1987, 1993^[4]

References

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

• Adnan Oçelli – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• Adnan Oçelli at National-Football-Teams.com
• Adnan Oçelli at WorldFootball.net