Albert Kuqi

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Albert Kuqi
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Mikkeli, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 LoPa
2010 Viikingit
2010PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan)
2010Gnistan (loan)
2011–2012 Haka 11 (1)
2012EIF (loan) 25 (14)
2013–2014 Klubi-04
2014 Honka
2015 PK-35
2016–2017 Vantaan Jalkapalloseura
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 Jan 2018

Albert Kuqi (born 14 February 1992) is a Finnish former football player who played as a forward.

He scored his first goal For EIF in his debut against FC Espoo with a volley from 25 yards.

He is the younger brother of footballers Shefki Kuqi and Njazi Kuqi. [1] They are of Kosovo Albanian descent. [2]

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References

Notes

  1. Zavros, Christos (12 January 2016). "Shefki Kuqi houkutteli veljensä takaisin Veikkausliigaan". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. Wilson, Jonathan (20 February 2011). "Kuqi: I was terrified of making a sound". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 December 2021. a town in Kosovo, then in Yugoslavia, where two-thirds of the population were ethnic Albanians. Kuqi's family were among them