Besim Fagu | |
Fullname: | Besim Fagu |
Birth Date: | 1925 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tiranë, Albania |
Death Place: | Tiranë, Albania |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1945–1946 |
Clubs1: | 17 Nentori Tiranë |
Years2: | 1946–1959 |
Clubs2: | Partizani Tirana |
Nationalyears1: | 1946–1958 |
Nationalteam1: | Albania |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Besim Fagu (10 March 1925 – 1 January 1999) was an Albanian football player who played for 17 Nentori Tiranë and Partizani Tirana where he won seven National Championships. He was also a member of the Albania national team between 1946 and 1953, where he earned 11 caps and also won the 1946 Balkan Cup.[1]
He made his debut for Albania in an October 1946 Balkan Cup match against Bulgaria and earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1958 friendly match against East Germany.[2]
On 10 March 2015, on the 90th anniversary of his birthdate, he was awarded with a medal of gratitude by the Ministry of Defence at an event organised to commemorate the player.[3]