Genc Ibro

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Genc Ibro
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-07-07) 7 July 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth Albania
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1991 Dinamo Tirana
1991–1995 Civitacastellana
1995–1996 Anagni
International career
1990 Albania 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Genc Ibro (born 7 July 1967) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played as a defender for Dinamo Tirana football club and for the Albania national team.

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International career

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1990 friendly match against Greece and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. [1]

His final international was a December 1990 European Championship qualification match against Spain. [2]

Defection

Ibro, alongside national team members Lorenc Leskaj and Eduard Kaçaçi, disappeared from the national team squad in March 1991 in Geneva on their way to Paris to play a European Championship qualifier against France. [3] At the time, Albania was still ruled by the communists. The players were later reported to have sought asylum in Switzerland. [4]

Honours

1986, 1990 [5]

References

  1. "Player Database".
  2. Report - UEFA
  3. SE PERDIERON 3 JUGADORES - El Tiempo (in Spanish)
  4. Kuzhe therret 23lojtare kunder Frances Archived 9 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Info Arkiva (in Albanian)
  5. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF