Pjerin Noga

Pjerin Noga
Personal information
Date of birth	13 January 1963
Place of birth	Albania
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1990	Dinamo Tirana
1994	Connecticut Wolves
International career
1989–1990	Albania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pjerin Noga (born 13 January 1963) is an Albanian retired footballer, who played the majority of his career as a defender for Dinamo Tirana.

International career

He made his debut for Albania in an April 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against England and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals.[1]

His final international was a May 1990 European Championship qualification match against Iceland.[2]

Noga disappeared from the Dinamo Tirana squad in September 1990 at Marseille Airport after playing a European Champions Cup match against Olympique Marseille. At the time, Albania was still ruled by the communists. He later announced he would apply for political asylum in France.[3] Noga was the first player not to return to Albania.[4]

He later moved to the United States.

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