Mikel Janku

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.^[1]

Mikel Janku

Janku (1964)
Personal information
Full name	Mikel Andrea Janku
Date of birth	(1941-10-25)25 October 1941
Place of birth	Tiranë, Albania
Date of death	10 January 2019(2019-01-10) (aged 77)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1962	Partizani Tiranë
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1969	Partizani
International career
1964–1967	Albania	9	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Personal life

Janku later became a sports journalist for Sport Express^[4] and died in January 2019.^[5]

Honours

• Albanian Superliga: 2

1963, 1964^[6]