Jaka to his father: His story is tragic, beaten in Serbian prisons

His father, Ragip Jaka, an activist of the Albanian issue, was a political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia. His past, continues to be one of the fans giving strength to football player Jaka.

He even confessed this himself in an interview for the Guardian”.

World Cup / When Jaka confessed how he shaped his patriotic character: My father was beaten up in Serbian prisons, suffering deep within me
As his son, the story is something that really touches me deeply. It's really in my heart. To describe my father properly, you really need to understand him. It's so tragic. Sometimes I ask him: “Tell me again, ” but I don't think he tells me everything. There's always been moments of silence when they felt he swallowed something and couldn't get it out. Maybe it was too much and he didn't want us to know about his pain. ”)

He even said his father is a proud Kosovar.

He was a proud Kosovar and thought Kosovars had the right to exist. He was freezing for their rights and they were basic democratic rights ] needs, such as the right to vote. It was just him. There were other people arrested, including my uncle, who had been imprisoned for many years. He had been sentenced for 15 years. It was totally political. ” ) continued Mr. Jaka.