 Dede as Tirana coach | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nevil Thanas Dede | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, PR Albania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bylis (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2004 | Tirana | 255 | (24) |
| 2004-2006 | Elbasani | 68 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | Tirana | 44 | (6) |
| 2008 | Changsha | 25 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Elbasani | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Tirana | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 400 | (41) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2007 | Albania | 30 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Skënderbeu (assistant manager) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Tirana | ||
| 2011 | Laçi | ||
| 2012 | Luftëtari | ||
| 2013 | Tirana | ||
| 2014 | Kastrioti | ||
| 2015–2018 | Albania women's U19 | ||
| 2018 | Erzeni | ||
| 2019−2020 | Albania U19 | ||
| 2020−2021 | Tirana | ||
| 2021−2022 | Erzeni | ||
| 2022−2023 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
| 2023−2024 | Elbasani | ||
| 2024− | Bylis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nevil Thanas Dede (born 10 January 1975) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Bylis.
A centre-back, Dede spent most of his club career with his hometown club Tirana, winning a string of trophies, including 8 championships, being one of the most decorated players.
Dede has also been an Albanian international, representing Albania in 30 matches. He was also named Albanian Footballer of the Year in 2006.
After retiring early on in the 2009–10 season,[1] Dede was appointed assistant manager of Tirana. Since then, Dede did not settle any teams, managing in quick succession Laçi, Tirana once again, Luftëtari and Kastrioti and Albania U19 women where he was the inaugural head coach. In 2018, after one year four years without managing a club, he was named new manager of Dinamo Tirana.[2]