Pjerin Noga | |
Birth Date: | 1963 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Albania |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1979–1990 |
Years2: | 1994 |
Nationalyears1: | 1989–1990 |
Nationalteam1: | Albania |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pjerin Noga (born 13 January 1963) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played the majority of his career as a defender for Dinamo Tirana.
He made his debut for Albania in an April 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against England and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals.[1]
His final international was a May 1990 European Championship qualification match against Iceland.[2]
Noga disappeared from the Dinamo Tirana squad in September 1990 at Marseille Airport after playing a European Champions Cup match against Olympique Marseille. At the time, Albania was still ruled by the communists. He later announced he would apply for political asylum in France.[3] Noga was the first player not to return to Albania.[4]
He later moved to the United States.
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