Viktor Paço
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Viktor Paço | ||
Date of birth | 7 December 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Vlorë, Albania | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1990 | Flamurtari Vlorë | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1991 | Flamurtari | 12 | (4) |
1991–1992 | Atlético Madrid B | 0 | (0) |
1992–1994 | Proodeftiki | ||
1994–1995 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 27 | (11) |
1995–1996 | AEK Larnaca | 25 | (12) |
1996 | Flamurtari | 13 | (14) |
1997 | Maribor | 24 | (14) |
1998 | Hajduk Split | 16 | (5) |
1998 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 13 | (9) |
1999 | Maccabi Haifa | 14 | (4) |
1999–2000 | Beitar Jerusalem | 37 | (13) |
2000–2001 | Hapoel Haifa | 32 | (8) |
2001–2002 | Beitar Jerusalem | 28 | (8) |
2002 | Kocaelispor | 3 | (0) |
2003 | Rochester Rhinos | 12 | (2) |
International career | |||
1996–1997 | Albania | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Viktor Paço (born 7 December 1971 in Vlorë) is an Albanian retired international football player.
Club career
A much-travelled striker, Paço has played for hometown club Flamurtari as well as in Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, Israël,[1] Turkey and the United States. He was topscorer in the interrupted 1996–97 Albanian Superliga season with 14 goals[2] in 13 matches without playing in the play-off finals as he had already left the club for Slovenian side Maribor Branik during the 1997 Pyramid crisis.
International career
He made his debut for Albania in an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal in Tirana and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 1997 World Cup qualification match away against Ukraine.[3]
Personal life
Currently he lives in the United States with his wife Enkela and their two children, where he is coaching youth soccer in the Rochester, New York area.[4]
Honours
References
- ^ Futbollistët shqiptarë të Izraelit - Telegraf (in Albanian)
- ^ Palmares Superiore - Panorama (in Albanian)
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ Actualised playing and coaching career at Super9.org Archived 7 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
External sources
- Viktor Paço at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at TFF.
- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vlorë
- Association football forwards
- Albanian footballers
- Albania international footballers
- Flamurtari Vlorë players
- Atlético Madrid B players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Proodeftiki F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- NK Maribor players
- Expatriate footballers in Slovenia
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Kocaelispor footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Rochester Rhinos players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Albanian Superliga players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Süper Lig players
- Albanian expatriate footballers