Iljaz Çeço

Iljaz Çeço
Çeço in 1970
Personal information
Full name Iljaz Çeço
Date of birth (1947-01-03) 3 January 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Lushnjë, Albania
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Traktori
1963–1970 Dinamo Tirana
1970–1971 17 Nëntori
1971–1978 Dinamo Tirana
International career
1969–1971 Albania U-23 12 (5)
1964–1971 Albania 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2013

Iljaz Çeço (born 3 January 1947) is an Albanian retired football player and club director.

Club career

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The midfielder made his senior debut for Traktori Lushnja on 13 January 1962 against Korabi, aged only 15[1] and spent the rest of his playing career at Dinamo Tirana, except for one season at 17 Nëntori Tirana.[2]

International career

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Çeço is the youngest footballer to ever play for Albania's national team. At only 17, he was launched by Zyber Konçi in a friendly against Algeria on October 11, 1964, that finished in a 1–1 draw.[3] He earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1971 European Championship qualification match against Turkey.[4]

Honours

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1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977[5]
1971, 1974, 1978[6]

Personal life

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Çeço is married and has two children. He was a lawyer by profession.[7] He also was chairman of Dinamo from 1981 to 1987.

References

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  1. ^ Iljaz Çeço: Kështu e fiton garën Lushnja - Panorama (in Albanian)
  2. ^ Profile - Footballdatabase
  3. ^ "Aventura me "fëmijët" e Kombëtares". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  5. ^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
  6. ^ Albania - Albania - List of Cup Finals - RSSSF
  7. ^ Mjeshtri Iljaz Çeço, në 360 gradë: “Pse vuan futbolli ynë dhe këshillat e mia për Dukën” (Bio) - Telegraf (in Albanian)
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