Anesti Arapi
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Career & Clubs
A soon as Albanians were free to leave the country after the end of the communist era, Arapi moved abroad to play alongside Flamurtari teammate and compatriot Sokol Kushta in neighboring Greece for Iraklis. He returned to Flamurtari however after just one season in Saloniki.
UEFA Cup matches against Barcelona
As Flamurtari's reserve goalkeeper, Arapi was deemed too young and inexperienced to play in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup against Spanish giants FC Barcelona after their first goalkeeper Luan Birçe was not allowed to travel so the football federation ordered Lokomotiva Durrës keeper Artur Lekbello to stand in at the club for a season. Arapi did however play when they met Barcelona again in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.
He made his debut for Albania in a November 1990 European Championship qualification match against France and earned his second and final cap in a 0–9 defeat by Spain in December in the same year.
- Club
- Flamurtari Vlorë (1990–1991)
- Club
- G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis (men's association football) (1991–1992)
- Club
- Albania men's national football team (1990–1990)
- National team
- Albania
Legacy
Clubs
- Albania men's national football team1990–1990
- Flamurtari Vlorë1990–1991
- G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis (men's association football)1991–1992
Played together with
- Abraham AlechenwuFlamurtari Vlorë · 2012–2012
- Agim MetoFlamurtari Vlorë · 2014–2014
- Alban BushiFlamurtari Vlorë · 1996–1996
- Albin HodzaFlamurtari Vlorë · 2015
- Albin HodzaFlamurtari Vlorë · 2015
- Aleksandar BajevskiFlamurtari Vlorë · 2010–2011
- Alfred ZijaiFlamurtari Vlorë · 1979–1991
- Alfredo Rafael SosaFlamurtari Vlorë · 2012–2013
- Alvaro BishajFlamurtari Vlorë · 2008–2011
- Alvaro BishajFlamurtari Vlorë · 2012–2014
- Amarildo BelishaFlamurtari Vlorë · 2009–2010
- Andrea MarkoFlamurtari Vlorë
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Identifiers & aliases
Anesti Arapi is an Albanian retired footballer, who played the majority of his career as a goalkeeper for Flamurtari Vlorë. He also played for the Albania national team.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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