Genc Ibro

Genc Ibro
Personal information
Date of birth	7 July 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Albania
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1991	Dinamo Tirana
1991–1995	Civitacastellana
1995–1996	Anagni
International career
1990	Albania
	*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.^[1]

His final international was a December 1990 European Championship qualification match against Spain.^[2]

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.^[3] At the time, Albania was still ruled by the communists. The players were later reported to have sought asylum in Switzerland.^[4]

Honours

Albanian Superliga: 2

1986, 1990^[5]

References

^ "Player Database".
^ Report - UEFA
^ SE PERDIERON 3 JUGADORES - El Tiempo (in Spanish)
^ Kuzhe therret 23lojtare kunder Frances - Info Arkiva (in Albanian)
^ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF

External links

Genc Ibro at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Player Database".

[2] Report - UEFA

[3] SE PERDIERON 3 JUGADORES - El Tiempo (in Spanish)

[4] Kuzhe therret 23lojtare kunder Frances - Info Arkiva (in Albanian)

[5] Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF

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