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, who was part of the Greek minority in Albania.[1]
Club career
[edit]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[2] when he joined Larissa in 1991. He also played for Iraklis Thessaloniki.
International career
[edit]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.[3] His final international was an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal.[4]
International statistics
[edit]Source:[5]
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
[edit]Death
[edit]He was killed in a car accident in Giannouli, near Larissa in 1997, when he was only 30 years old.[6] 13 Years later, a statue of him would be placed in his native village with an official ceremony.[6]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lefter Millo "Mjeshtër i Madh", Meta: Rrallë ndodh që tek personaliteti i një futbollisti të jenë unifikuar kaq shumë vlera sportive dhe njerëzore". BalkanWeb (in Albanian). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ “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
[edit]- Lefter Millo at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1966 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Dropull
- Sportspeople from Gjirokastër County
- Men's association football midfielders
- Albanian men's footballers
- Albania men's international footballers
- KF Luftëtari players
- FK Partizani Tirana players
- Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
- Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Albanian people of Greek descent
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Road incident deaths in Greece
- Albanian football midfielder stubs
- Greek football midfielder stubs