Ledio Pano

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| name= Ledio Pano

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| fullname = Ledio Pano

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Albania

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1= 1986–1991

| clubs1= Partizani

| caps1= 112 | goals1 = 42

| years2= 1991–1992

| clubs2= Luftëtari

| caps2= 24 | goals2 = 9

| years3= 1992–1997

| clubs3= Skoda Xanthi

| caps3= 116 | goals3 = 29

| years4= 1997–1998

| clubs4= Panargiakos

| years5= 1998–1999

| clubs5= Panelefsiniakos

| caps5= 24 | goals5 = 7

| years6= 1999–2000

| clubs6= PAS Giannina

| caps6= 19 | goals6 = 5

| years7= 2001–2002

| clubs7= Partizani

| caps7= 32 | goals7 = 11

| nationalyears1= 1987–1996

| nationalteam1= Albania

| nationalcaps1= 9 | nationalgoals1 = 1

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Ledio Pano ({{langx|el|Λεωνίδας Πάνου}}; born 23 May 1968) is an Albanian retired professional football player. Pano holds the world record of the best penalty kick scoring ratio being successful 50 out of 50 attempts.{{Cite web|last=Τζουάννης|first=Νίκος|date=14 May 2021|title=Ένας Έλληνας έχει το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ στις εκτελέσεις πέναλτι! Και δεν φαντάζεστε ποιος είναι!|url=https://www.novasports.gr/sport/podosfairo/event/super-league-1/article/11779070/enas-ellinas-exei-to-pagkosmio-rekor-stis-ekteleseis-penalti-kai-den-fantazeste-poios-einai/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=www.novasports.gr|publisher=Nova Sports|language=el}}{{Cite web|date=14 May 2021|title=Παγκόσμια, ευρωπαϊκά ποδοσφαιρικά ρεκόρ και οι παρουσίες των Ελλήνων!|url=https://tharos.gr/athlitika/pagkosmia-eyropaika-podosfairika-rekor-kai-oi-paroysies-ton/?nowprocket=1|website=www.tharos.gr|publisher= |language=el}} He is the son of Panajot Pano who is widely regarded as one of the best footballers in the history of Albanian football.

Club career

He began his professional career with Partizani Tirana, and later moved to Luftëtari Gjirokastër. He played much of his career in Greece with Skoda Xanthi, Panelefsiniakos, and PAS Giannina.[http://telegraf.al/sport/ledio-pano-futbolli-shqiptar-eshte-ne-renie/ Ledio Pano: "Futbolli shqiptar është në rënie!"]{{snd}}Telegraf {{in lang|sq}}{{Cite web |url=https://limassoltoday.com.cy/sports/podosfairo/more-of-football/to-apolyto-pososto-efstochias-se-penal/|title=Το απόλυτο ποσοστό ευστοχίας σε πέναλτι του Βορειοηπειρώτη Λεωνίδα Πάνου!|website=limassoltoday.com.cy |author=Γιώργος Κυριακίδης|date=7 March 2024}}

International career

He made his debut for Albania in an April 1987 European Championship qualification match at home against Austria and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring 1 goal.{{cite web|url=http://bundesliga.weltfussball.at/spieler_profil/ledio-pano/ |title=Ledio Pano |publisher=Bundesliga.weltfussball.at |date=1968-05-23 |accessdate=2010-09-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.ledio.pano.57559.en.html |title=Football : Ledio Pano |publisher=Footballdatabase.eu |date=1968-05-23 |accessdate=2010-09-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spox.com/de/daten/fussball/spieler_profil/ledio-pano/ |title=Ledio Pano - Steckbrief |publisher=SPOX.com |date=1968-05-23 |accessdate=2010-09-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro2012/history/season=1988/round=211/match=1269/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208172909/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro2012/history/season=1988/round=211/match=1269/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2009 |title=UEFA EURO 2012 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=2010-09-10}} His final international was an August 1996 friendly match against Greece.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15946|title=Ledio Pano - national football team player|publisher=EU-Football.info|accessdate=4 June 2018}}

=International statistics=

Source:{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15946|title=Football PLAYER: Ledio Pano|publisher=EU-Football.info|accessdate=26 September 2018}}

National team	Year	Apps
class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="10"\|Albania \|1987	1	0
1988	0	0
1989	1	0
1990	1	0
1991	0	0
1992	0	0
1993	0	0
1994	2	0
1995	3	0
1996	1	1
colspan=2\|Total	9	1

=International goals=

Albania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pano goal.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
scope=col\|No. !scope=col data-sort-type=date\|Date !scope=col\|Venue !scope=col\|Cap !scope=col\|Opponent !scope=col\|Score !scope=col\|Result !scope=col\|Competition
scope=row\|1 \|14 August 1996\|\|Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Greece\|\|align=center\|9\|\|{{fb\|Greece}}\|\|align=center\|1–2\|\|align=center\|1–2\|\|Friendly

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|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

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scope=row|1

|14 August 1996||Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Greece||align=center|9||{{fb|Greece}}||align=center|1–2||align=center|1–2||Friendly

Personal life

Ledio is of Greek descent.{{Cite web|title=Ποιος Ρονάλντο; Λεωνίδας Πάνου! {{!}} Gazzetta|url=https://www.gazzetta.gr/football/article/667019/poios-ronalnto-leonidas-panoy|access-date=2021-10-09|website=www.gazzetta.gr|language=el}} He is the son of former Partizani striker Panajot Pano,[http://telegraf.al/sport/ledio-pano-partizani-i-mungoi-superliges/ Ledio Pano: "Partizani i mungoi Superligës"] - Telegraf {{in lang|sq}} who was Albania's Golden Player for the UEFA Jubilee Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01ed-0f84628e2364-6d0ea26f68a5-1000--albania-s-little-puskas/|title=Albania's 'Little Puskás'|publisher=UEFA|author=Dritan Ikonomi|date=20 January 2011|access-date=25 September 2018}}