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Andrea Marko (footballer)

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Andrea Marko
Personal information
Full name Andrea Marko
Date of birth (1956-11-03) 3 November 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Tiranë, PR Albania
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1972-1975 Dinamo Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1987 Dinamo Tirana (90)
International career
1976–1978 Albania U21 6 (0)
1980–1985 Albania 5 (0)
Managerial career
2002 Luftëtari
2002 Bylis
2003 Dinamo Tirana
2003-2004 Pogradeci
2006 Albpetrol
2007 Apolonia Fier
2010 Skënderbeu
2012 Kastrioti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Marko (born 3 November 1956) is an Albanian retired footballer and football manager.[1]

Playing career

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Club

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Marko played his entire career for hometown club Dinamo Tirana as a midfielder.[2]

International

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He made his debut for Albania in a September 1980 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Finland in Tirana and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Poland.[3]

Managerial career

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In April 2012, he was named manager of Kastrioti Krujë[4]

Personal life

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His family was one of the rich families from Dhërmi and his grandfather was killed by the communists in 1944. In 1986 Marko was arrested for alleged gambling and perhaps as being member of that family. He also is the cousin of former Albania international goalkeeper Foto Strakosha.[5]

Honours

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1977, 1980[6]
1978, 1982[7]

References

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  1. ^ Andrea Marko: Dinamos iu bë padrejtësi, t’i kthehet kompleksi
  2. ^ Andrea Marko: Në Shqipëri, futbolli e trajneri në pozicion të vështirë - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. ^ Andrea Marko trajner i Kastriotit, debuton ndaj bluve Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Andrea Marko: Si më arrestoi regjimi për të më bërë shembull! - Shqiptarja (in Albanian)
  6. ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
  7. ^ Albania - Albania - List of Cup Finals - RSSSF
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