Iljaz Çeço | |
Fullname: | Iljaz Çeço |
Birth Date: | 1947 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Lushnjë, Albania |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1962–1963 |
Clubs1: | Traktori |
Years2: | 1963–1970 |
Clubs2: | Dinamo Tirana |
Years3: | 1970–1971 |
Clubs3: | 17 Nëntori |
Clubs4: | Dinamo Tirana |
Years4: | 1971–1978 |
Nationalyears1: | 1969–1971 |
Nationalteam1: | Albania U-23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 1964–1971 |
Nationalteam2: | Albania |
Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Ntupdate: | 29 March 2013 |
Iljaz Çeço (born 3 January 1947) is an Albanian retired football player and club director.
The midfielder made his senior debut for Traktori Lushnja on 13 January 1962 against Korabi, aged only 15[1] and spent the rest of his playing career at Dinamo Tirana, except for one season at 17 Nëntori Tirana.[2]
Çeço is the youngest footballer to ever play for Albania's national team. At only 17, he was launched by Zyber Konçi in a friendly against Algeria on October 11, 1964, that finished in a 1–1 draw.[3] He earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1971 European Championship qualification match against Turkey.[4]
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1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977[5]
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Çeço is married and has two children. He was a lawyer by profession.[7] He also was chairman of Dinamo from 1981 to 1987.