Mikel Janku (25 December 1941 – 10 January 2019) was an Albanian football player. He played as a goalkeeper for Partizani Tirana and the Albania national team between 1962–1969 and 1964–1967, respectively.Mikel Janku, piloti që u bë portier i Partizanit dhe Kombëtares - Panorama
Club career Janku was trained from 1958 as a helicopter pilot in Rostov, Soviet Union, and played for army club Partizani on his return to Albania.Shuhet Mikel Janku, ish-portieri i kombëtares - Telegraf
International career 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.
Personal life Janku later became a sports journalist for Sport ExpressFutbolli shqiptar në zi, ndahet nga jeta Mikel Janku - FSHF and died in January 2019.Ndahet nga jeta ish-portieri i Kombëtares, Mikel Janku - Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare
Honours Albanian Superliga: 2 1963, 1964Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
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