| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Paço | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-12-07) 7 December 1971 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Vlorë, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Flamurtari Vlorë | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Flamurtari | 12 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Atlético Madrid B | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Proodeftiki | ||
| 1994–1995 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 27 | (11) |
| 1995–1996 | AEK Larnaca | 25 | (12) |
| 1996 | Flamurtari | 13 | (14) |
| 1997 | Maribor | 24 | (14) |
| 1998 | Hajduk Split | 16 | (5) |
| 1998 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 13 | (9) |
| 1999 | Maccabi Haifa | 14 | (4) |
| 1999–2000 | Beitar Jerusalem | 37 | (13) |
| 2000–2001 | Hapoel Haifa | 32 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | Beitar Jerusalem | 28 | (8) |
| 2002 | Kocaelispor | 3 | (0) |
| 2003 | Rochester Rhinos | 12 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Albania | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Viktor Paço (born 7 December 1971 in Vlorë) is an Albanian retired international football player.
Club career
A much-travelled striker, Paço has played for hometown club Flamurtari as well as in Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, Israël, Turkey and the United States. He was topscorer in the interrupted 1996–97 Albanian Superliga season with 14 goals in 13 matches without playing in the play-off finals as he had already left the club for Slovenian side Maribor Branik during the 1997 Pyramid crisis.
International career
He made his debut for Albania in an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal in Tirana and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 1997 World Cup qualification match away against Ukraine.
Personal life
Currently he lives in the United States with his wife Enkela and their two children, where he is coaching youth soccer in the Rochester, New York area.
Honours
Flamurtari
References
- Futbollistët shqiptarë të Izraelit – Telegraf (in Albanian)
- Palmares Superiore – Panorama (in Albanian)
- "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- Actualised playing and coaching career at Super9.org Archived 7 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Albania – Championship Winning Teams – RSSSF
External sources
- Viktor Paço at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at TFF.
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vlorë
- Albanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Albania men's international footballers
- Flamurtari FC players
- Atlético Madrid B players
- Proodeftiki F.C. players
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- NK Maribor players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
- Kocaelispor footballers
- Rochester New York FC players
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Football League (Greece) players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Croatian Football League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Süper Lig players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States