Iljaz Çeço

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

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

Club career

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

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, 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
  • Albanian Superliga: 5
1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977[5]
1971, 1974, 1978 [6]

Personal life

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
  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 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  4. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  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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