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Samir Shaptahoviç
Kosovo Albanian basketball player
Samir Shaptahoviç (also known in Albanian as Samir Shaptahu) is a former Kosovo Albanian professional basketball player, who last played for Peja of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. He was born in Bar Tivar in Montenegro in an Albanian family. He is considered one of the best players that the Kosovo Basketball Superleague ever had. He played in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in Balkan International Basketball League.[1]
He was a member of the Kosovo national basketball team, and former member of the Albanian national basketball team.
He won three times Kosovo Basketball Superleague trophy, first with Prishtina in 2001–02, 2002-2003 and second with Peja in 2012–13 season.[2] He also played in Mornar Bar team and also in Mabetex Prishtina for one season. He is considered a legend of basketball of Kosovo. In the end of 2014–15 season he declared retirement from basketball in Kosovo.[3][4]