Viktor Paço

Viktor Paço (born 7 December 1971 in Vlorë) is an Albanian retired international football player.

Viktor Paço

Personal information
Full name	Viktor Paço
Date of birth	(1971-12-07) 7 December 1971 (age 53)
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	AEK Athens	0	(0)
1992–1994	→Proodeftiki (loan)
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

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

Flamurtari

• Albanian Superliga: 1991^[5]

NK Maribor

• Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1997