Mikel Janku
Albanian footballer (1941–2019)
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Mikel Janku (25 December 1941 – 10 January 2019) was an Albanian football player. He played as a goalkeeper for Partizani Tirana and the Albania national team between 1962–1969 and 1964–1967, respectively.[1]
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Full name
Mikel Andrea Janku
Date of birth
25 October 1941
Date of death
10 January 2019 (aged 77)
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Janku in 1964 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikel Andrea Janku | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Date of death | 10 January 2019 (aged 77) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1969 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| International career | |||
| 1964–1967 | Albania | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
