Pal Mirashi

Pal Mirashi was born on the 13^th December 1925, and he died on the 13^th October 2001. He is a former footballer from Albania. He played the role of a striker for the national team of the country. He is known for participating in the 1946 football match that took place between Albania and Yugoslavia, which was the first official match that the country played. He played 8 matches for the national team of the country and scored 4 goals.

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Biography

Mirashi was born on the 13^th December 1925 in Shkoder. He was born into a poor family, where most of his siblings died as infants. The name of his father is Mirash Mirashi and the mother, Mrike Mirashi, and apart from Pal, they are other three boys that became soldiers in the family. Ndue, Zef and Gjon.his father was born and raised in Dukagjin highlands though he moved to the centre of Shkoder in the year 1920, it was there that he worked as a handyman, and who is said to be a simple man, loving and generous.

As at when Pal was 9, he watched football with his neighborhood friends, which are being played inside the city as they wished that they could play football one day. He started playing football when he was attending primary school and together with his friend in the high school. When he became 15, he created a football team that is called Dodona. With Dodona, he played football against other local football sides and also the occupying Italian troops in the country.

In December 1940, the Facist Federation arranged for a youth football competition in the state, Shkoder, where the teams mainly consisted of high school and workers clubs. Eventually, Mirashi was among the workers team that lost 3-1 to the high school selection.

At the ending part of the Albanian Civil 1943 to the year 1944, Mirashi was named to be in the 6^th brigade of the 6^th division of the National Liberation Army, where he toured through the Balkans fighting with the UNC together with the communist government of the country. Apart from being in travelling and at war, he still managed to play football anywhere he went to, playing in the friendly match that was played by his country against Yugoslavia. He played against Albanian speaking cities like Ohrid, Strugë, Prishtinë and Ferizaj. With Ferizaj, he was among the team that played against the Yugoslav soldiers of the 44^th division, and the match finished 2-2 with Mirashi scoring the two goals for the Albanian.