Altin Dodë Lala (born 18 November 1975) is an Albanian former professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder, and former manager.

Lala took over the captaincy of Albania national team in 2007, ever since Igli Tare was no longer capped by former manager Otto Baric during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

He led his team as a captain in the next qualifying tournaments of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2012 until 2011 before announcing his retirement from international football.

He grew up in the Tirana e Re neighbourhood of the capital with his parents, brother and sister, where he played football on the streets like most of the children in the area.

His father wanted him to focus on his education ahead of sport, but eventually did sign up Lala to local side Dinamo Tirana.

As he could not speak anything other than Albanian, he relied on hand signals to communicate with the players and coaches, but after two years in the youth team he was promoted to the senior side.

After the first team of Borussia Fulda was promoted to the third tier Oberliga Hessen, Lala was often as an unused substitute during the second half of the 1993–94 season playing two matches.

[5] Lala made three appearances for Bayern's reserve team before being forced to retire due to injury in October 2012.

Lala became the captain of Albania during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, since Igli Tare was no longer capped by former manager Otto Baric.