Viktor Paço (born 7 December 1971 in

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player.

Club career

A much-travelled striker, Paço has played for hometown club Flamurtari as well as in Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, Israël, Turkey and the United States. He was topscorer in the interrupted 1996–97 Albanian Superliga season with 14 goals in 13 matches without playing in the play-off finals as he had already left the club for Slovenian side Maribor Branik during the 1997 Pyramid crisis.

International career

He made his debut for

in an October 1996

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match against

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in Tirana and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 1997 World Cup qualification match away against

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Personal life

Currently he lives in the

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with his wife Enkela and their two children, where he is coaching youth soccer in the Rochester,

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area.

Honours

Flamurtari *

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Albania – Championship Winning Teams
– RSSSF

References

External sources

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at TFF. {{DEFAULTSORT:Paco, Viktor 1971 births Living people Footballers from Vlorë Albanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Albania men's international footballers Flamurtari FC players Atlético Madrid B players Proodeftiki F.C. players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players AEK Larnaca FC players NK Maribor players HNK Hajduk Split players Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Kocaelispor footballers Rochester Rhinos players Kategoria Superiore players Football League (Greece) players Cypriot First Division players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian Football League players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Süper Lig players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Albanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States