Love knows no nationality: From Gjimshiti to Tare and Cana, the 5 red and black captains who married foreign girls

2024-01-07 16:31:29Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Love knows no nationality: From Gjimshiti to Tare and Cana, the 5 red and black
From Gjimshiti to Tare and Cana, the 5 red and black captains who married foreign girls

Behind a successful man, there is always a strong woman. For the leaders of the national team, it has been decided that the partners should not be Albanian. This obviously has a percentage of coincidence in it, but we cannot deny the fact that the wives of these footballers have helped behind the scenes for their successes. The national team is the pride of Albania.

This has been the case for decades and remains so even now. It is interesting that after the fall of communism, some of the red and black captains married foreign girls and built families. From Rudi Vata to Berat Gjimshiti, there are 5 captains of our representative who do not have Albanian wives, not to mention Igli Taren, Altin Lala and Lorik Cana.

Has this changed anything? Zero. They have been indisputable leaders, people who have sacrificed on the playing field and who have honored the name of Albania on the European stage. Other than off the field, the heart has been divided in two: on the one hand the red and black colors and on the other hand the love for a "stranger".

They are not the only ones, because even icons of European football have had the same fate. It is enough to mention the legendary captain of Milan and Italy, Paolo Maldini, married to the Venezuelan Adriana Fossa. Love knows no limits. And that goes for our boys too. Some have grown up abroad since they were small, others have been there since a young age.

BERAT JIMSHITI AND ALISA

If we start from the current captain of the national team, Berat Gjimshiti. The 30-year-old statesman shares his life with Alisa Milenkovic, the Serbian model, who already has two children with Gjimshit, a son and a daughter. Their relationship made a lot of noise years ago.

LORIK CANA AND MONICA

Lorik Cana is another captain of the Albanian National Team, who is married to Monika Erkol. With the Italian, Cana was crowned in July 2014. They have two children, a daughter and a son, and currently live between Rome and Tirana.

ALTIN ​​LALA AND VITORIA

If we go back a few years later, we have Altin Lala, the midfielder who also held the captain's armband in the representative team for many matches. Although Lala played for many years in Germany, his wife is Italian and her name is Vitoria. They are parents of two children, a son and a daughter.

IGLI TARE AND SANDRA

Igli Tare, another captain of Albania who is married to a foreign partner, Sandra, German, once the wife of the former director of Lazio. They have two sons, named Liam and Etien, the latter is also a footballer.

RUDI VATA AND ANA

The former captain of the late 90's, Rudi Vata is married to Ana Francis, who is Scottish-Irish. Together they have two sons, Ruan and Roko, who is also a very talented footballer.

National team captains who are married to Albanians

Over the years, players like Elseid Hysaj, Ansi Agolli or Ervin Skela, who are married to Albanian partners, have worn the ribbon in the national team.

Hysaj, who lives in Rome and plays for Lazio, is married to Fiorenza Lekstakaj, parents of two children.

As well as Ansi Agolli who currently lives in the United States of America, whose wife is from Tirana and her name is Rea. In 2018, the former captain of the National Team became the father of a son.

If we go even further back, we have Ervin Skela, who is also married to an Albanian. Mariola is the wife of the midfielder who lives in Frankfurt.

Photo Strakosha, Tomas Strakosha's father has worn the ribbon in the national team and his wife is Albanian and her name is Adelina.

Bogdani, Haxhi and Kapllani have foreign partners

Many footballers who have represented the national team over the years have spent most of their careers outside of Albania, so they had the opportunity for their partners to know them in the countries where they played and lived.

In addition to some former captains who have foreign wives, Erjon Bogdani is also married to an Italian, Edmond Kapllani has a German wife, Edvin Murati is French, Altin Haxhi is Bulgarian.



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