Lefter Millo

Lefter Millo
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-08-02)2 August 1966
Place of birth Derviçan, Albania
Date of death 8 March 1997(1997-03-08) (aged 30)
Place of death Giannouli, Greece
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 Partizani Tirana ? (?)
1991–1996 Larissa 103 (9)
1996–1997 Iraklis Thessaloniki 10 (0)
National team
1988–1996 Albania 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Lefter Millo (2 August 1966, Derviçan, Albania, – 8 March 1997, Giannouli, Greece) was a former Albanian football midfielder. He started his career at Luftetari, and later played most notably for Partizani Tirana from 1986 to 1990 and Larissa from 1991 to 1996.

Millo made 20 appearances for the Albania national football team from 1988 to 1996.[1]

He was killed in a car accident in Giannouli, near Larissa in 1997, when he was only 30 years old.[2] 13 years later, a statue of him would be placed in his native village with an official ceremony.[2]

References

  1. Hoxha, Florent (2009-07-16). "Albania – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. 1 2 "Gjirokastra nderon "traktorin" Lefter Millo" (in Albanian). Gazeta e Sportit. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-01-01.


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