Albert Kuqi

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Albert Kuqi
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Mikkeli, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 LoPa
2010 Viikingit
2010 → PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan)
2010 → Gnistan (loan)
2011–2012 Haka 11 (1)
2012 → EIF (loan) 25 (14)
2013–2014 Klubi-04
2014 Honka
2015 PK-35
2016–2017 Vantaan Jalkapalloseura
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 Jan 2018

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

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

Personal life

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

In September 2025, the District Court of Helsinki  [ fi ] sentenced Kuqi to eight years in prison for three aggravated narcotics offences (törkeä huumausainerikos in Finnish law). He and two other men had brought 14 kilograms of cocaine into Finland in 2024–2025. [3]

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
  3. ↑ Niiranen, Janne (26 September 2025). "Albert Kuqille 8 vuotta vankeutta törkeistä rikoksista" [Albert Kuqi 8 years imprisonment for aggravated crimes]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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