- Genci Cakciri
'Genci Cakciri' (born
May 26 ,1982 ,Tirana ,Albania ) (Often referred to as 'Cacki', 'Ace Loveforty' or 'The Golden voice of Albania') is a former AlbanianTennis player and active musician. He has won the National Tennis Championships for 4 successive years,2003 to2006 . He was born into a family of six, and is the son of awatchmaker . He plays a very active role in the development of tennis in Albania acting as National Youth Tennis Coach and is the tennis expert summeriser for Albanian television. He retired from sport in 2008 to concentrate on his other love - medicine. It is reported that in another life he was Elton John.Tennis
Genci never made an appearance at any level on the
ATP circuit.Genci's game is based around his powerful first serve and impressive footwork.
Genci is sponsored by Albanian sportsdrink manufacturer Fire Juice and clothing company Rad Cool Sportswear.
Genci's impressive bicep muscles are said to rival those of obscure Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal.
In an interview with "Mahnitës Rakete Tenis magazine", Genci cites his biggest influences on his career as being
Björn Borg andTim Henman , who he watched through video tapes as a young boy.Awards and Prizes
2007 - 2008
Genci Cakciri hasn't really been doing anything in these two years, mostly drinking Buds and watching the games.
2006
Albanian Mens Singles Tennis Champion
More Than New Balls, the popular Albania Tennis fanzine, placed Genci third to
Mario Ancic andRoger Federer in a poll to find out which tennis player female readers would most like to take home to meet their mothers.2005
Albanian Mens Singles Tennis Champion
Best dressed Albanian sportman by viewers of
Top-Channel TV programme "Fashion"2000 .2004
Albanian Mens Singles Tennis Champion
Winner of the Albanian celebrity Big Brother
2003
Albanian Mens Singles Tennis Champion
Albanian Young Sports Personality Of The Year (4th Place)
Radio S'më Kërcet 3 Sports Award Recipient
2000
Albanian Boys Singles Tennis Champion
Albanian Boys Doubles Tennis Runner-up
Albanian Boys Triples Tennis 3rd Place
Albanian National Swimming Championships, 100m boys Butterfly Champion
Albanian National Swimming Championships, 50m boys butterfly finalist
1999
Albanian Boys Tennis Champion
Albanian National Swimming Championships, 100m boys butterfly bronze medalist
Albanian National Swimming Championships, 50m boys butterfly finalist
Musical Career
Genci is, apart from a gifted tennis player, an important member of the
Albania n showbiz. He's nicknamed 'The Golden voice of Albania" for his exceptional singing talent. He's also a very good dancer and because of his good looks, he's a real girls idol. Right now he's working on aMichael Jackson cover album which is due to be released in the summer. Genci is also rumoured to be making a concept album and film around his alias 'Ace Loveforty', where the main protagonist fights crime and simultaneously promotes the benefits of a healthier life style through tennis.Charity Work
Although Genci Cakciri is a really busy man, being active in both sports and showbiz, he still finds time to do charity works. Right now he's volunteering as father figure in an orphanage. He visits the poor children 3 times a week to do fatherly things to/with them. This caused a dramatic increase of children being sent to orphanages. Mr. Cakciri is known to look for other charity work after government officials criticized his (bad) influence on Albanian family life.
In 2006 he was nominated for the Donald Trump Good Samaritan Award.
Personal Life
As of 2007, Genci is still blatently single, but has been romantically linked with many famous Albanian women in recent years, including
cosmologist DrLaura Mersini and popular singerLedina Çelo .Whilst reporting on the 2006
Stockholm Open Genci was seen at the Scandic Ariadne Hotel with award winning Polish tennis journalistNatalia Tatarkiewicz . He is yet to respond to these allegations.
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