Pal Mirashi

Pal Mirashi
Personal information
Full name	Pal Mirashi
Date of birth	13 December 1925
Place of birth	Shkodër, Albania
Date of death	13 October 2001 (aged 75)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1945–1951	Vllaznia
1951–1954	Dinamo Tirana
International career
1946–1950	Albania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pal Mirashi (13 December 1925 — 13 October 2001) was an Albanian football striker. He is known for being part of the 1946 Albania vs Yugoslavia football match,^[1] which was Albania's first official match. He earned 8 caps (plus one unofficial) with the national team, scoring 4 goals.^[2]

Biography

Mirashi was born in

Communist

regime in 1945 for his involvement with the National Front. Prior to his execution alongside his friend Cef Meta, he showed courage by physically engaging in a fight with the guards who would very soon execute him.

As a 9 year old child Pal along with his neighbourhood friends would watch football games being played inside the city of Shkodër as they had a desire to one day play themselves. He began playing football while still in primary school and along with his high school friends as a 15-year-old he created a team called Dodona. With Dodana he played against other local sides as well as the occupying Italian troops.

In December 1940 the Fascist Youth Federation organised a youth football competition in Shkodër, where the teams mainly consisted of high school and workers clubs. In the final Marashi was a member of the workers selection which lost 3-1 to the high school selection.

Towards the end of the Albanian Civil 1943–1944 Marashi was enlisted in the 6th brigade of the 6th division of the National Liberation Army (UNÇ), where he would travel through the

Prishtinë and Ferizaj. With Ferizaj he played in a notable friendly game against the Yugoslav soldiers of the 44th division, which ended 2-2, with Marashi scoring both goals for the Albanians.^[3]