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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Arben Minga
| name = Arben Minga
| image = Arben Minga.jpg
| image = Arben Minga.jpg
| fullname = Arben Minga
| fullname = Arben Minga
| birth_date = 16 March 1959
| birth_date = 16 March 1959
| birth_place = [[Tirana]], [[Albania]]
| birth_place = [[Tirana]], [[Albania]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|01|31|1959|6|15}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|01|31|1959|6|15}}
| death_place = [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Canada]]
| death_place = [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Canada]]
| height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}}
| height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}}
| currentclub =
| currentclub =
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1= 1973–1975
| youthyears1 = 1974–1975
| youthclubs1= [[KF Tirana|17 Nëntori Tirana]]
| youthclubs1 = [[KF Tirana|17 Nëntori Tirana]]
| years1 = 1975–1991 | clubs1 = [[KF Tirana|17 Nëntori Tirana]] | caps1 = ? | goals1 = 102
| years1 = 1975–1991 | clubs1 = [[KF Tirana|17 Nëntori Tirana]] | caps1 = ? | goals1 = 102
| years2 = 1991–1992 | clubs2 = [[FC Braşov]] | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 1
| years2 = 1991–1992 | clubs2 = [[FC Braşov]] | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1992–1993 | clubs3 = [[Dacia Unirea Brăila]] | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 3
| years3 = 1992–1993 | clubs3 = [[Dacia Unirea Brăila]] | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1993–1994 | clubs4 = Acvila Giurgiu | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years4 = 1993–1994 | clubs4 = Acvila Giurgiu | caps4 = | goals4 =
| years5 = 1994–1996 | clubs5 =[[KF Tirana]] | caps5 = 55 | goals5 = 3
| years5 = 1994–1996 | clubs5 = [[KF Tirana|Tirana]] | caps5 = 55 | goals5 = 3
| nationalyears1= 1980–1989
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1= [[Albania national football team|Albania]]
| nationalteam1 = [[Albania national under-21 football team|Albania U21]]
| nationalcaps1= 28 | nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 1980–1989
| medaltemplates =
| nationalteam2 = [[Albania national football team|Albania]]
{{medalTeam|[[CF Brăila|Dacia Unirea Brăila]]}}
| nationalcaps2 = 28
{{medalRU|[[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]|[[1993 Cupa României Final|1993]]}}
| nationalgoals2 = 2
}}
}}


'''Arben Minga''' (16 March 1959 in [[Tirana]] – 31 January 2007 in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Canada]]) was an [[Albania]]n [[Association football|footballer]], who played as a centre-forward and a central defender.
'''Arben Minga''' (16 March 1959 in [[Tirana]] – 31 January 2007 in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Canada]]) was an [[Albania]]n professional [[Association football|footballer]], who played as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]] and later in his final years as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|centre-back]].


He was known as ''Beni i modh'' (Big Ben).<ref name="Big Ben">{{cite web|url=http://sportekspres.com/ne-kujtim-te-legjendes-arben-minga-nje-dekade-pa-benin-e-modh/|title=Në kujtim të legjendës Arben Minga/ Një dekadë pa “Benin e modh”|trans-title=In memoriam of legend Arben Minga/ A decade without “Big Ben”|publisher=Sport Ekspres|language=Albanian|date=31 January 2017|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref>
He was known as ''Beni i madh'' (Big Ben). He was a six-time Albanian title winner.


== Career ==
==Club career==
Minga begun his career with [[KF Tirana]], then known as ''17 Nëntori'', at the age of 15.<ref name="Big Ben"/> He was well established in the senior squad by the 1977–78 season, making his competitive debut on 20 November 1977 in the match against [[Shkëndija Tiranë]],<ref name="Big Ben"/> while his first ever goal for the club came later on 2 April 1978 in the 3–1 win over [[Luftëtari Gjirokastër]].<ref name="Big Ben"/>


In the following years, Minga was also named team captain.<ref name="Big Ben"/> In the 1980' Minga would be part of Tirana's golden generation along with players such as [[Agustin Kola]], [[Mirel Josa]], [[Sulejman Mema]], [[Shkelqim Muca]], [[Bedri Omuri]] and [[Millan Baçi]], winning four championships and three cups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sktirana.com/public/kuvend/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=74622|title=17 Nëntori i Tiranës, ndeshja e paharruar që tronditi Bukureshtin dhe turpëroi Dinamon|trans-title=17 Nëntori Tirana, the unforgettable match that shocked Bucharest and humiliated Dinamo|publisher=sktirana.com|work=Sporti Shqiptar|language=Albanian|date=3 May 2011|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> He also received offers from Dinamo and Partizani to join them, and also friends and colleagues tied to convince him.<ref name="Big Ben"/> Dinamo also offered him a very lucrative house which Minga turned town, saying: Thank you for evaluating me, but I cannot leave 17 Nëntori.<ref name="Big Ben"/>
He began his career in Albanian Championship with [[KF Tirana]], then known as ''17 Nëntori'', becoming well established by the 1977/78 season. Along with [[Agustin Kola]], [[Mirel Josa]], [[Sulejman Mema]], [[Shkelqim Muca]], [[Bedri Omuri]] and [[Millan Baçi]], Minga was a member of the Tirana side of the 1980s that won four national championships and three national cups. In the early 1990s, Minga moved abroad to play in [[Romania]] in the 1992–1994, but came back to [[KF Tirana]] in the last two years.


Minga was on top of his game during the [[1985–86 Albanian Superliga|1985–86 season]], netting 16 goals and helping Tirana to a third-place finish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giovanniarmillotta.it/albania/calcio/alba86.html|title=Albanian Football Season 1985-86|publisher=RSSSF.com|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> One of his more notable games was the opening championship match against rivals of [[FK Partizani Tirana|Partizani Tirana]] on 22 September where he scored a hat-trick to give Tirana a 7–3 win, the largest ever win against them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetatema.net/2017/07/07/profil-arben-minga-gjiganti-qe-tronditi-byrone-politike-ne-legjendaren-7-3-te-1985-s/|title=Arben Minga, gjiganti që tronditi Byronë Politike në legjendaren "7-3" të 1985-s|trans-title=Arben Minga, the giant who shaked the political bureau in the legendary "7-3" of 1985|publisher=Gazeta Tema|language=Albanian|date=7 July 2017|accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref>
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== International career ==
Capped 28 times by [[Albania national football team|Albania]],<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/alba-recintlp.html#goals Appearances for Albania National Team] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612045133/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/alba-recintlp.html#goals |date=12 June 2012 }} - RSSSF</ref> he played 20 games in European competition. He had represented his country in 12 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches <ref>{{FIFA player|54272}}</ref>


In the early 1990s, Minga moved abroad to play in [[Romania]] in the 1992–1994. He came back to Tirana at the start of [[1994–95 Albanian Superliga|1994–95 season]], aged 35, also playing as a defender.<ref name="Big Ben"/> Minga excelled in playing in his new role in the final two years, helping Tirana to win the championship both times.<ref name="Giant Minga"/>
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===International goals===

:''Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14088|title=Arbën Minga – national football team player|work=EU-Football.info|date=|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref>
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==International career==
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Minga had a successfuly youth international career, winning [[Balkan Youth Championship]] twice in 1978 and 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/balkan-u23.html#81|title=Balkan Youth Championship 1968-1981|publisher=RSSSF.com|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref>
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!#!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition
Minga has been capped 28 times by [[Albania national football team|Albania senior squad]],<ref name="EU-Football.info">{{cite news|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14088|title=Arbën Minga – national football team player|publisher=EU-Football.info|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> earning his first cap on 3 September 1980 in the 2–0 home win versus [[Finland national football team|Finland]] valid for the [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=7636|title=Football MATCH: 03.09.1980 Albania v Finland|publisher=EU-Football.info|date=3 September 1980|accessdate=3 July 2015}}</ref> He played 20 games in European competitions and 12 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches <ref>{{FIFA player|54272}}</ref>
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| 1. || 22 December 1984 || [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], [[Tirana]], [[Albania]] || {{fb|BEL}} || '''2'''–0 || 2–0 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
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| 2. || 18 January 1989 || [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], [[Tirana]], [[Albania]] || {{fb|GRE}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–1 || [[Friendly match]]
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==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
He subsequently went to [[Canada]] with his wife [[Nora Goxhi]], a former professional [[basketball]]er, where they raised two sons, Grid and Jon. It was there that he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Minga died on 31 January 2007 of [[pancreatic cancer]]. Players in the 18th round of the [[2006–07 Albanian Superliga|2006–07]] [[Albanian Superliga]] games wore black armbands in his memory.
He subsequently went to [[Canada]] with his wife [[Nora Goxha]], a former professional [[basketball]]er, where they raised two sons, Grid and Jon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panorama.com.al/intervista-ish-basketbollistja-nora-goxha-tregon-per-jeten-me-arben-mingen-ikem-ne-kanada-pas-97-benin-e-priten-si-hero/|title=INTERVISTA/ Ish-basketbollistja Nora Goxha tregon për jetën me Arben Mingën: Ikëm në Kanada në 97', Benin e trajtuan si hero|trans-title=Interview/ Ex-basketball player Nora Goxha tells for her life with Arben Minga: We fly off to Canada in 97', Beni was treted like a hero|publisher=Gazeta Panorama|language=Albanian|date=18 July 2015|accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref> It was there that he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Minga died on 31 January 2007 of [[pancreatic cancer]]. Players in the 18th round of the [[2006–07 Albanian Superliga]] games wore black armbands in his memory.


After returning to Albania in 1994, and despite still a professional footballer, Minga begun working as a representative of [[Gillette]] in Albania.<ref name="Minga1">{{cite web|url=http://telesport.al/rrefimi-fundit-arben-minges/|title=Rrëfimi i fundit i Arben Mingës|trans-title=The last confession of Arben Minga|publisher=Telesport.al|language=Albanian|author=Ergis Tafalla|date=16 March 2016|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> The business eventually collapsed in 1997 due to [[Albanian Civil War]].<ref name="Minga1"/> Following that, Minga worked for a short time as a security employee at [[Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza]].<ref name="Minga1"/> In 1997, he eventually fly out to [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada with the rest of his family where he lived out the rest of his years.<ref name="Minga1"/>
{{YouTube|J-24iintjZU|Ben Minga in memoriam video}}


==Legacy==
==Memories of colleagues and coaches==
His friend and fellow footballer [[Mirel Josa]] remembered that he had his Tirana debut in 1981 because Minga was suspended. Josa discovered he had no boots to play in, but recalled that "Beni gave me his boots and said 'put them on and be careful because they never stop running'."<ref>http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=507401.html</ref>
His friend and fellow footballer [[Mirel Josa]] remembered that he had his Tirana debut in 1981 because Minga was suspended. Josa discovered he had no boots to play in, but recalled that "Beni gave me his boots and said 'put them on and be careful because they never stop running'."<ref name="UEFA.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=507401.html|title=Arben Minga|publisher=UEFA.com|accessdate=29 August 2018}}{{deadlink|date=August 2018}}</ref>


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[[Shyqyri Rreli]], his coach at KF Tirana called Minga: "The best captain and leader I ever had."<ref name="UEFA.com"/> Team-mate [[Millan Baçi]] added: "His shot was like a bullet."<ref name="UEFA.com"/> Meanwhile, his former colleague on the national side, [[Skënder Gega]], labelled him "the hardest forward to defend against and the best person to have in your team". His one-time youth coach [[Fatmir Frasheri]] said: "I never heard him say 'I'm tired'. He would always be the first in for training and would give everything he had in every game."<ref name="UEFA.com"/>
[[Shyqyri Rreli]], his coach at KF Tirana called Minga: "The best captain and leader I ever had."<ref>http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=507401.html</ref>
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Team-mate [[Millan Baçi]] added: "His shot was like a bullet."<ref>http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=507401.html</ref> Meanwhile, his former colleague on the national side, [[Skënder Gega]], labelled him "the hardest forward to defend against and the best person to have in your team". His one-time youth coach [[Fatmir Frasheri]] said: "I never heard him say 'I'm tired'. He would always be the first in for training and would give everything he had in every game."<ref>http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=507401.html</ref>


A street in [[Tirana]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://placesmap.net/AL/Rruga-Arben-Minga-87356/|title=Rruga Arben Minga|trans-title=Arben Minga street|publisher=Placesmap.net|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> Minga has also won several accolades and awards, such as "Merited Master of Sport", Honor of the city of Tirana" and "Honor of Albanian Sport".<ref name="Giant Minga">{{cite web|url=https://tirona.website/arbenminga/|title=Arben MINGA – “Beni Modh”, “Gjigandi Minga”, “Pesembedhjetkatci Minga”|trans-title=Arben MINGA – “Big Ben”, “The giant Minga”, “15 floor Minga”|publisher=tirona.website|language=Albanian|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref>
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==Goals in Albanian Championship==

==Statistics==
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===International goals===
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== Honours ==
:''Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.''<ref name="EU-Football.info"/>
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===Clubs===
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*[[Albanian Superliga]] (6): [[1981–82 Albanian Superliga|1981–82]], [[1984–85 Albanian Superliga|1984–85]], [[1987–88 Albanian Superliga|1987–88]], [[1994–95 Albanian Superliga|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Albanian Superliga|1995–96]]<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/players/alba-champ-teams.html Arbën Minga] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006155632/http://www.rsssf.com/players/alba-champ-teams.html |date=6 October 2009 }} - RSSSF</ref>
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!#!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition
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*[[Albanian Cup]] (4): [[1982–83 Albanian Cup|1982–83]], [[1983–84 Albanian Cup|1983–84]], [[1985–86 Albanian Cup|1985–86]], [[1995–96 Albanian Cup|1995–96]]
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*[[Albanian Supercup]] (1): [[1994 Albanian Supercup|1994]] ;
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| 1. || 22 December 1984 || [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], [[Tirana]], [[Albania]] || {{fb|BEL}} || '''2'''–0 || 2–0 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
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| 2. || 18 January 1989 || [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], [[Tirana]], [[Albania]] || {{fb|GRE}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–1 || [[Friendly match]]
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==Honours==
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===Club===
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;KF Tirana
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*[[Albanian Superliga]]: [[1981–82 Albanian Superliga|1981–82]], [[1984–85 Albanian Superliga|1984–85]], [[1987–88 Albanian Superliga|1987–88]], [[1994–95 Albanian Superliga|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Albanian Superliga|1995–96]]<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/players/alba-champ-teams.html Arbën Minga] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006155632/http://www.rsssf.com/players/alba-champ-teams.html |date=6 October 2009 }} - RSSSF</ref>
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*[[Albanian Cup]]: [[1982–83 Albanian Cup|1982–83]], [[1983–84 Albanian Cup|1983–84]], [[1985–86 Albanian Cup|1985–86]], [[1995–96 Albanian Cup|1995–96]]
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*[[Albanian Supercup]]: [[1994 Albanian Supercup|1994]] ;


;[[ACS Dacia Unirea Brăila]]
;[[ACS Dacia Unirea Brăila]]
* [[Romanian Cup]] finalist : once ([[1993 Cupa României Final|1992-93]])
* [[Romanian Cup]]: runner-up [[1993 Cupa României Final|1992–93]]

===International===
;Albania U21
*[[Balkan Youth Championship]]: 1978, 1981


===Individual===
===Individual===
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*[[Albanian Superliga]] top goalscorer: [[1984–85 Albanian Superliga|1984–85 season]] <small>(shared with [[Faslli Fakja]])</small>


===Orders===
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*Top scorer of [[Albanian Superliga]] (1): 13 goals in [[1984–85 Albanian Superliga|1984–85 season]]
*''[[:sq:Titulli "Naim Frashëri"|Naim Frasheri Order]]'': Second class<ref name="Giant Minga"/>


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Arben Minga
Personal information
Full name Arben Minga
Date of birth 16 March 1959
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Date of death 31 January 2007(2007-01-31) (aged 47)
Place of death Windsor, Canada
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1974–1975 17 Nëntori Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1991 17 Nëntori Tirana ? (102)
1991–1992 FC Braşov 17 (1)
1992–1993 Dacia Unirea Brăila 25 (3)
1993–1994 Acvila Giurgiu
1994–1996 Tirana 55 (3)
International career
Albania U21
1980–1989 Albania 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arben Minga (16 March 1959 in Tirana – 31 January 2007 in Windsor, Canada) was an Albanian professional footballer, who played as a striker and later in his final years as a centre-back.

He was known as Beni i modh (Big Ben).[1]

Club career

Minga begun his career with KF Tirana, then known as 17 Nëntori, at the age of 15.[1] He was well established in the senior squad by the 1977–78 season, making his competitive debut on 20 November 1977 in the match against Shkëndija Tiranë,[1] while his first ever goal for the club came later on 2 April 1978 in the 3–1 win over Luftëtari Gjirokastër.[1]

In the following years, Minga was also named team captain.[1] In the 1980' Minga would be part of Tirana's golden generation along with players such as Agustin Kola, Mirel Josa, Sulejman Mema, Shkelqim Muca, Bedri Omuri and Millan Baçi, winning four championships and three cups.[2] He also received offers from Dinamo and Partizani to join them, and also friends and colleagues tied to convince him.[1] Dinamo also offered him a very lucrative house which Minga turned town, saying: Thank you for evaluating me, but I cannot leave 17 Nëntori.[1]

Minga was on top of his game during the 1985–86 season, netting 16 goals and helping Tirana to a third-place finish.[3] One of his more notable games was the opening championship match against rivals of Partizani Tirana on 22 September where he scored a hat-trick to give Tirana a 7–3 win, the largest ever win against them.[4]

In the early 1990s, Minga moved abroad to play in Romania in the 1992–1994. He came back to Tirana at the start of 1994–95 season, aged 35, also playing as a defender.[1] Minga excelled in playing in his new role in the final two years, helping Tirana to win the championship both times.[5]

International career

Minga had a successfuly youth international career, winning Balkan Youth Championship twice in 1978 and 1981.[6]

Minga has been capped 28 times by Albania senior squad,[7] earning his first cap on 3 September 1980 in the 2–0 home win versus Finland valid for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.[8] He played 20 games in European competitions and 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [9]

Personal life and death

He subsequently went to Canada with his wife Nora Goxha, a former professional basketballer, where they raised two sons, Grid and Jon.[10] It was there that he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Minga died on 31 January 2007 of pancreatic cancer. Players in the 18th round of the 2006–07 Albanian Superliga games wore black armbands in his memory.

After returning to Albania in 1994, and despite still a professional footballer, Minga begun working as a representative of Gillette in Albania.[11] The business eventually collapsed in 1997 due to Albanian Civil War.[11] Following that, Minga worked for a short time as a security employee at Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza.[11] In 1997, he eventually fly out to Windsor, Ontario, Canada with the rest of his family where he lived out the rest of his years.[11]

Legacy

His friend and fellow footballer Mirel Josa remembered that he had his Tirana debut in 1981 because Minga was suspended. Josa discovered he had no boots to play in, but recalled that "Beni gave me his boots and said 'put them on and be careful because they never stop running'."[12]

Shyqyri Rreli, his coach at KF Tirana called Minga: "The best captain and leader I ever had."[12] Team-mate Millan Baçi added: "His shot was like a bullet."[12] Meanwhile, his former colleague on the national side, Skënder Gega, labelled him "the hardest forward to defend against and the best person to have in your team". His one-time youth coach Fatmir Frasheri said: "I never heard him say 'I'm tired'. He would always be the first in for training and would give everything he had in every game."[12]

A street in Tirana is named after him.[13] Minga has also won several accolades and awards, such as "Merited Master of Sport", Honor of the city of Tirana" and "Honor of Albanian Sport".[5]

Statistics

Goals in Albanian Championship

Season Team Goals
1976–77 KF Tirana 1
1977–78 KF Tirana 1
1978–79 KF Tirana 3
1979–80 KF Tirana 1
1980–81 KF Tirana 7
1981–82 KF Tirana 3
1982–83 KF Tirana 4
1983–84 KF Tirana 8
1984–85 KF Tirana 13
1985–86 KF Tirana 16
1986–87 KF Tirana 11
1987–88 KF Tirana 16
1988–89 KF Tirana 9
1989–90 KF Tirana 6
1990–91 KF Tirana 3
1990–91 FC Braşov
1992–93 Dacia Unirea Brăila
1993–94 ASA Acvila Giurgiu
1994–95 KF Tirana 2
1995–96 KF Tirana 1
TOTAL 105

International goals

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.[7]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 December 1984 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Belgium 2–0 2–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 18 January 1989 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Greece 1–0 1–1 Friendly match

Honours

Club

KF Tirana
ACS Dacia Unirea Brăila

International

Albania U21

Individual

Orders

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Në kujtim të legjendës Arben Minga/ Një dekadë pa "Benin e modh"" [In memoriam of legend Arben Minga/ A decade without “Big Ben”] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ "17 Nëntori i Tiranës, ndeshja e paharruar që tronditi Bukureshtin dhe turpëroi Dinamon" [17 Nëntori Tirana, the unforgettable match that shocked Bucharest and humiliated Dinamo]. Sporti Shqiptar (in Albanian). sktirana.com. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Albanian Football Season 1985-86". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Arben Minga, gjiganti që tronditi Byronë Politike në legjendaren "7-3" të 1985-s" [Arben Minga, the giant who shaked the political bureau in the legendary "7-3" of 1985] (in Albanian). Gazeta Tema. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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  8. ^ "Football MATCH: 03.09.1980 Albania v Finland". EU-Football.info. 3 September 1980. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  9. ^ Arben Minga – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ^ "INTERVISTA/ Ish-basketbollistja Nora Goxha tregon për jetën me Arben Mingën: Ikëm në Kanada në 97', Benin e trajtuan si hero" [Interview/ Ex-basketball player Nora Goxha tells for her life with Arben Minga: We fly off to Canada in 97', Beni was treted like a hero] (in Albanian). Gazeta Panorama. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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  13. ^ "Rruga Arben Minga" [Arben Minga street]. Placesmap.net. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  14. ^ Arbën Minga Archived 6 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

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