Former Celtic star Rudi Vata on fleeing communist Albania and why a game in Dublin changed his life
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Rudi Vata with his son Rocco and wife Ann Frances after an Ireland U-17 game against Poland at Turner’s Cross in October 2017. Photo: Eóin Noonan/SportsfileOn May 26, 1992, Rudi Vata was lacing up his boots in the away dressing room of Lansdowne Road.The World Cup qualifier against Jack Charlton’s Ireland was the fourth of [...]
Rudi Vata with his son Rocco and wife Ann Frances after an Ireland U-17 game against Poland at Turner’s Cross in October 2017. Photo: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
On May 26, 1992, Rudi Vata was lacing up his boots in the away dressing room of Lansdowne Road.
The World Cup qualifier against Jack Charlton’s Ireland was the fourth of his 58 caps for Albania, but little did he know that evening in Dublin 4 would change his life forever.
