Lefter Millo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 August 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Derviçan, Albania | ||
Date of death | 8 March 1997 | (aged 30)||
Place of death | Giannouli, Greece | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | Luftëtari | 46 | (2) |
1986–1990 | Partizani Tirana | 147 | (9) |
1991–1996 | Larissa | 103 | (9) |
1996–1997 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 10 | (2) |
Total | 306 | (22) | |
International career | |||
1988–1996 | Albania | 20 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lefter Millo (Greek: Λευτέρης Μίλος) (2 August 1966, Derviçan, Albania, – 8 March 1997, Giannouli, Greece) was an Albanian football midfielder part of the Greek minority.
Club career
He made his senior debut for Luftëtari on 19 February 1984 against Skënderbeu and played for Partizani Tirana from 1986 to 1990. He was one in the first wave of Albanian footballers to leave the country for Greece following the fall of communism[1] when he joined Larissa in 1991. He also played for Iraklis Thessaloniki.
International career
He made his debut for Albania in an August 1988 friendly match at home against Cuba and earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals.[2] His final international was an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal.[3]
International statistics
Source:[4]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Albania | 1988 | 4 | 0 |
1989 | 4 | 0 | |
1990 | 2 | 0 | |
1991 | 2 | 0 | |
1992 | 3 | 0 | |
1993 | 2 | 0 | |
1994 | 1 | 0 | |
1996 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 20 | 0 |
Personal life
Death
He was killed in a car accident in Giannouli, near Larissa in 1997, when he was only 30 years old.[5] 13 Years later, a statue of him would be placed in his native village with an official ceremony.[5]
Honours
References
- ^ “Magelanët” shqiptarë të futbollit – Telegraf (in Albanian)
- ^ Hoxha, Florent (16 July 2009). "Albania – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ "Lefter Millo – national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Lefter Millo – national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Gjirokastra nderon "traktorin" Lefter Millo" (in Albanian). Gazeta e Sportit. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ Albania – Championship Winning Teams – RSSSF
External links
- Lefter Millo at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1966 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Dropull
- Greek people of Albanian descent
- Northern Epirotes
- Association football midfielders
- Albanian footballers
- Albania international footballers
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër players
- FK Partizani Tirana players
- AE Larissa FC players
- Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players
- Albanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Albanian Superliga players
- Road incident deaths in Greece
- Albanian football biography stubs
- Greek football biography stubs