Genc Ibro

Genc Ibro
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-07-07) 7 July 1967 (age 59)
Place of birth Albania
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1991 Dinamo Tirana
1991–1995 Civitacastellana
1995–1996 Anagni
International career
1990 Albania 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Genc Ibro (born 7 July 1967) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played as a defender for Dinamo Tirana football club and for the Albania national team.

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a September 1990 friendly match against Greece and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals.

His final international was a December 1990 European Championship qualification match against Spain.

Defection

Ibro, alongside national team members Lorenc Leskaj and Eduard Kaçaçi, disappeared from the national team squad in March 1991 in Geneva on their way to Paris to play a European Championship qualifier against France. At the time, Albania was still ruled by the communists. The players were later reported to have sought asylum in Switzerland.

Honours

1986, 1990

References

  1. ↑ "Player Database".
  2. ↑ Report - UEFA
  3. ↑ SE PERDIERON 3 JUGADORES - El Tiempo (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Kuzhe therret 23lojtare kunder Frances Archived 9 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Info Arkiva (in Albanian)
  5. ↑ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF