Mikel Janku (25 December 1941 – 10 January 2019) was an Albanian retired football player, who was a goalkeeper for Partizani Tiranë and the Albania national team between 1962–1969 and 1964–1967, respectively.
Club career
Janku was trained from 1958 as a helicopter pilot in Rostov, Soviet Union, and played for army club Partizani on his return to Albania.
International career
He made his debut for Albania in a May 1964 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against the Netherlands and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1967 European Championship qualification match against Yugoslavia.
Personal life
Janku later became a sports journalist for Sport Express and died in January 2019.
Honours
- Albanian Superliga: 2
- 1963, 1964
References
External links
- Mikel Janku at National-Football-Teams.com
