Eljon Naco was born in Tirane Albania in 1985 and moved to Athens Greece when he was 4 years old. At 5 years of age he started playing soccer with the Academy of Athinaikos FC, where he continued playing and developing until moving to the US in 1999. At the time of the move he had been offered a professional contract with Athinaikos FC to focus in continuing development and making the Premier team. In the fall of 1999 he started playing at Northeast High school and was a starter for the soccer team for the 4 years he was there. During his Junior & Senior year we had a combined record of 44 wins and 5 losses, winning a few trophies in the process. Eljon also played with the Azalea FC and Clearwater Chargers clubs.Eljon attended college at the University of South Florida studying Computer Engineering & Computer Science and continued to play soccer on the USF Soccer team. He started to obtain his coaching license and started coaching & training youth teams with Azalea FC. Eljon coached and trained at Azalea for 5 years. In the summer of 2013 he joined Tarpon FC as the Academy Trainer. He was the head coach of the Academy U9 Girls Team for the 2014/2015 season.
Playing, Coaching & Training
- USA National 'E' license
- Azalea FC
- St. Pete Raiders
- Tarpon FC
Degree
- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering and in Computer Science from USF
Playing Career:
- Athinaikos FC
- Northeast High
- USF Soccer
- Azalea FC
- Clearwater Chargers FC (Youth & Adult)
- Pinellas FC
- Kickers
- Aztecs.