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References
- (in Finnish) Profile at veikkausliiga.com
- (in Finnish) Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame
- (in Finnish) Kuqi loppukaudeksi lainalle Gnistaniin
Notes
- ↑ Zavros, Christos (12 January 2016). "Shefki Kuqi houkutteli veljensä takaisin Veikkausliigaan". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ↑ 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
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