Mikel Janku


Mikel Janku was an Albanian football player. He played as a goalkeeper for Partizani Tirana 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.

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