Canka
Canka is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Abramo Canka Abramo Canka (born Abramo Penè; 18 March 2002) is an Italian college basketball player for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball, Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He began his college career with one sea ... (born 2002), Italian basketball player * Līna Čanka (1893–1981), Latvian corporal * Mikel Canka (born 1987), Albanian footballer See also * Kanka (name), given name and surname {{surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mikel Canka
Mikel Canka (born 18 February 1987) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lushnja in the Kategoria e Parë. Club career Canka left his hometown club Lushnja following their relegation from the Kategoria Superiore and signed a three-year contract with newly promoted side Apolonia on 10 June 2014. In 2015, during the winter transfer window, Canka left Apolonia after only half season to rejoin Lushnja until the end of 2014–15 season. In July 2015, Canka left Lushnja and signed a one-year contract with fellow Kategoria e Parë side Luftëtari. During the 2015–16 season, Canka played 25 league matches, scoring 15 goals, as Luftëtari won the Group B and achieved the promotion to Kategoria Superiore. In August 2016, Canka returned to Lushnja for a third time, and made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season on 26 September in the opening day against Tomori. On 18 October he scored a hat-trick, including first goals of the season in Lushnj ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abramo Canka
Abramo Canka (born Abramo Penè; 18 March 2002) is an Italian college basketball player for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball, Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He began his college career with one season with the UCLA Bruins men's basketball, UCLA Bruins, before transferring to Wake Forest. Early life and youth career Born in Genoa, Italy, to a Senegalese father and a Kosovo Albanian mother, Canka grew up playing basketball for Tigullio Sport Team Ligure. In 2016, he joined the youth academy of Serie B Basket, Serie B club A.S. Stella Azzurra, Stella Azzurra Roma. In 2018, Canka joined the Roseto Sharks youth program. In January 2020, Canka played for Stella Azzurra's under-18 team at the 2019–20 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Adidas Next Generation Tournament in Munich, where he helped the team reach the final and was named to the all-tournament team. He averaged 16.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.3 ste ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Līna Čanka
Līna Čanka was a Latvian Corporal of World War I and Latvian War of Independence. She was within the under the pseudonym of "Jānis Čanka" and was known as the first woman to be a recipient of the Order of Lāčplēsis, the highest military award of Latvia. Military career Līna Čanka was born on November 5, 1893, in a agricultural family of the farm "Mežziles" within the vicinity of the Renda Parish with 4 sisters and 1 brother. At the beginning of World War I, her family went as refugees to Ukraine, but Līna stayed in Riga where with her deceased brother's documents and the nickname "Jānis", she voluntarily joined the Latvian Riflemen. She then enlisted in the and participated in all the battles of the regiment on the Riga front. During the war, she'd often repeat the phrase: After her true sex was revealed in 1915, she continued to serve within the Pavasaru manor in Sloka and despite being wounded, she remained in the frontlines and continued the battle under conti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |