Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 January 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Albania | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1990 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
1994 | Connecticut Wolves | ||
International career | |||
1989–1990 | Albania | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pjerin Noga (born 13 January 1963) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played the majority of his career as a defender for Dinamo Tirana.
He made his debut for Albania in an April 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against England and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. [1]
His final international was a May 1990 European Championship qualification match against Iceland. [2]
Noga disappeared from the Dinamo Tirana squad in September 1990 at Marseille Airport after playing a European Champions Cup match against Olympique Marseille. At the time, Albania was still ruled by the communists. He later announced he would apply for political asylum in France. [3] Noga was the first player not to return to Albania. [4]
He later moved to the United States.