Mario Alberto Kempes Chiodi is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. A prolific goalscorer, he finished as La Liga's top goalscorer twice with Valencia where he amassed 116 goals in 184 league games.
Christian Panucci is an Italian former footballer and manager. In his playing career he played as a defender. A versatile footballer, he began his career as a right-back, but was also capable of playing on the left; as he lost his pace in his later career, he was usually deployed as a centre back, due to his strength in the air.
Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include:
San Costantino Albanese is an Arbëreshë town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
San Paolo Albanese is an Arbëreshë village and comune of 328 people in the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
Alain Jean Giresse is a French football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Kosovo national team. He was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking midfielder or central midfielder, Giresse was an intelligent playmaker who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of Thibault Giresse, also a football player.
San Paolo di Civitate is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. San Paolo di Civitate was historically an Arbëreshë settlement, the inhabitants however no longer use the Albanian language.
Pukë is a town and municipality in northern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Gjegjan, Pukë, Qelëz, Qerret and Rrapë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Pukë. The total population is 11,069, in a total area of 505.83 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 3,607.
Alban Bushi is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Albania under-21 and under-20 team. He is nicknamed "Loku".
The Battle of Savra or the Battle of the Vjosë was fought on 18 September 1385 between Ottoman and much smaller Zetan forces, at the Savra field near Lushnjë. The Ottomans were invited by Karl Thopia to support him in his feud against Balša II.
Paolo Tramezzani is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a defender. He was most recently the manager of FC Sion.
Gjokaj is an Albanian surname of the Triesh clan of Malësia region of southeastern Montenegro. Gjokajs from Triesh trace their ancestral origins from the village of Muzheçku, Triesh. The name of Muzheçku comes from the ancient ancestor that bond Gjokajs and Nikollajs in their bloodline, Muzh Marashi. The name Gjokaj is derived from the ancient ancestor of Gjok Lumi, the grandson of Muzh Marashi. Most of the current descendants of the Gjokaj clan derive from Ivan Mali's three sons:
The 2003 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd on 22 December 2003. On 11 November 2003, was announced the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football. There were 52 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia. Each picked a first (5pts), second (4pts), third (3pts), fourth (2pts) and fifth choice (1pt).
Arbanasi is a community in the Zadar region, Croatia, of Albanian origin, who traditionally speak the Arbanasi dialect of Gheg Albanian. Their name is an obsolete way to say Albanians in Croatian and is the toponymy of the first Arbanasi settlement in the region, which today is a suburb of Zadar. In Albanian literature, they are known as "Albanians of Zadar".
2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. The 28 teams that advanced from the qualifying round were distributed into seven groups of four teams each, with each group contested in a round-robin format, with one of the four teams hosting all six group games. The seven group-winning teams qualified automatically for the final tournament in Romania. The draw was held at 30 November 2010 at 12:15 (CET) at Nyon, Switzerland.
Lodovico di Campofregoso (1415–1489) was an Italian nobleman who was three times doge of Genoa.
Ivaniš Berislavić was the Despot of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1504 to 1514. He was married to Jelena Jakšić who was the daughter of Stefan Jakšić, of the Jakšić noble family fame.
Bruno Lulaj is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Kategoria Superiore club Tirana. Born in Greece, he has represented Albania at under-19 and under-21 level.
MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM is an Italian UCI Continental team founded in 2014. It participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Kostandin Kariqi is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League 2 club Proodeftiki. Born in Greece, he has represented Albania at youth international level.
