Mikel Janku

Mikel Janku
Janku (1964)
Personal information
Full name Mikel Andrea Janku
Date of birth (1941-10-25)25 October 1941
Place of birth Tiranë, Albania
Date of death 10 January 2019(2019-01-10) (aged 77)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1962 Partizani Tiranë
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1969 Partizani
International career
1964–1967 Albania 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikel Janku (25 December 1941 – 10 January 2019) was an Albanian retired football player, who was a goalkeeper for Partizani Tiranë and the Albania national team between 1962–1969 and 1964–1967, respectively.[1]

Club career

Janku was trained from 1958 as a helicopter pilot in Rostov, Soviet Union, and played for army club Partizani on his return to Albania.[2]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a May 1964 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against the Netherlands and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1967 European Championship qualification match against Yugoslavia.[3]

Personal life

Janku later became a sports journalist for Sport Express[4] and died in January 2019.[5]

Honours

1963, 1964[6]

References

  1. ^ Mikel Janku, piloti që u bë portier i Partizanit dhe Kombëtares - Panorama (in Albanian)
  2. ^ Shuhet Mikel Janku, ish-portieri i kombëtares - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ Futbolli shqiptar në zi, ndahet nga jeta Mikel Janku - FSHF (in Albanian)
  5. ^ Ndahet nga jeta ish-portieri i Kombëtares, Mikel Janku - Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare (in Albanian)
  6. ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF


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