Kolec Kraja

Kolec Kraja
Personal information
Full name Kolec Kraja
Date of birth (1933-11-28)28 November 1933
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Date of death 22 May 1994 (aged 60)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1964 Partizani
International career
1957–1963 Albania[1] 3 (2)
Managerial career
1988–1989 Partizani
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kolec Kraja (28 November 1933 – 22 May 1994) was an Albanian football player who played for Partizani Tirana and the Albania national team. Kraja died on 22 May 1994, at the age of 60.[2]

Club career

He won the National Championship six times between 1957 and 1964 with Partizani Tirana.[3] He scored Partizani Tirana's first goal in a European competition, against IFK Norrköping in the 1962–63 European Cup. which was also the first goal scored by an Albanian in a European competition.[4]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1957 friendly match against China and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was a June 1963 Olympic Games qualification match against Bulgaria.[5]

Honours

1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964[3]

References

  1. ^ 11v11 profile
  2. ^ Sport, Shkodra (22 May 2020). "Sot mbushen 26 vjet pa Kolec Krajën, sulmuesin e shquar të Vllaznisë, Partizanit e Kombëtares shqiptare". SHKODRA SPORT. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b Albania Championship Winning Teams
  4. ^ Albania's biggest European success stories
  5. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 May 2019.


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