| Mikel Janku | |
| Fullname: | Mikel Andrea Janku |
| Birth Date: | 1941 10, df=yes |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 1962 |
| Youthclubs1: | Partizani Tiranë |
| Years1: | 1962–1969 |
| Clubs1: | Partizani |
| Nationalyears1: | 1964–1967 |
| Nationalteam1: | Albania |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Mikel Janku (25 December 1941 – 10 January 2019) was an Albanian retired football player, who was a goalkeeper for Partizani Tiranë and the Albania national team between 1962–1969 and 1964–1967, respectively.[1]
Janku was trained from 1958 as a helicopter pilot in Rostov, Soviet Union, and played for army club Partizani on his return to Albania.[2]
He made his debut for Albania in a May 1964 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against the Netherlands and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1967 European Championship qualification match against Yugoslavia.[3]
Janku later became a sports journalist for Sport Express[4] and died in January 2019.[5]
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