TIRANA, January 16 /ATA/ “Whenever we remember that historical draw in December ’67, which disqualified the world runners-up in football, we will remember Rragami and his teammates, who gave Albania a name and fame in Europe”, stated President of the Republic Ilir Meta while holding in high esteem the late footballer of the national team Ramazan Rragami who passed away few days ago.
The president was referring to the match versus Germany that ended in a 0-0 draw and disqualified the Germans from the finals of the European Championship in 1968.
Ramazan Rragami, the former famous football player of “Vllaznia” and the Albanian National Team, passed away on Saturday at the age of 77 from a serious illness.
Ramazan Rragami has always been the protagonist in football for a period of 60 years, without any break.
He remains one of the most famous footballers in the history of “Vllaznia” and Albanian football, while he was the coach of “U-21” of Albania that qualified in the top 8 in Europe in 1983.
As a footballer, Rragami has played with “Vllaznia”, “Partizani” and “Dinamo” and about 90 international matches.
Rragami has been very successful as a coach with “Vllaznia” which he led for several years winning trophies, while his peak is with national teams and mainly with the “U-21” in 1983 when he managed to rank it among the best of Europe.
In 1971, he won the “Balkan Cup” with the “Partizani” team, in the 1971-72 season he won the champion title and the Republic Cup with the “Vllaznia” team. In the 1973-74 season, he was declared the champion of Albania with the team of “Vllaznia”.
In 1967 he received the title “Master of Sports” award while in 1974 he received the title “Merited Master of Sports”.
Head of Albanian Football Association Armand Duka expressed his sadness at the news of the death of Ramazan Rragami. “I was extremely sad when I heard that Rramazan Rragami passed away. Rragami will be remembered and will always be remembered as one of the greatest figures of Shkodra and national football”./p.s./
