Pavllo (Pavle) Bukoviku (Bagaviki) (born 6 June 1939) is an

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n retired football player.

Club career

Nicknamed ''Ben'', he played for both KF Tirana (then Pune and 17 Nëntori Tiranë) and Partizani and, winning 6 league titles in total. He only played for army club Partizani during his military service. After retiring as a player, he was a referee for 16 years between 1974 and 1990.Pavllo BUKOVIKU, “Beni i madh” i Tiranës (Bio)
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International career

He made his debut for

in a June 1963 Olympic Games qualification match against

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and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1965 FIFA World Cup qualification match against

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Personal life

His older brother Teofili won two league titles playing under the name Tafil Baci.

Honours

Kategoria Superiore The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

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1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...

, 1965, 1966,

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF * Albanian Cup: 2 ::

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

References

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* 1939 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian footballers Association football forwards Albania international footballers FK Partizani Tirana players KF Tirana players Albanian football referees {{Albania-footy-forward-stub