Bledar Kola

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Bledar Kola
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-08-01) 1 August 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Mirditë, Albania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Besëlidhja
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1989 Besëlidhja
1989–1990 Partizani 35 (6)
1990–1991 Elbasani 21 (1)
1991–1994 Panargiakos 77 (13)
1994–1996 Apollon Smyrnis 63 (10)
1996–2000 Panathinaikos 106 (10)
2001–2002 AEK Athens 11 (0)
2002–2003 Kallithea 16 (1)
2003–2004 Apollon Smyrnis 19 (2)
Total348(43)
International career
1990–2001 Albania 39 (6)
Managerial career
2004–2011 AEK Athens (youth)
2010 AEK Athens (caretaker)
2012 Apollon Smyrnis
2013 Omonia (assistant)
2014 Panargiakos
2014–2016 Panionios (assistant)
2016–2018 Panathinaikos (assistant)
2018–2019 AEK Athens (assistant)
2020 APOEL (assistant)
2021 Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bledar Kola (born 1 August 1972) is an Albanian retired football player and later manager.

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Early life

Kola comes from Mirditë, but grew up in the city of Lezhë. He was an exemplary student. He started his career at Besëlidhja Lezhë, and then moved to Partizani Tirana. Later he moved to Greece where his playing career took off.

Playing career

Club

Kola spent most of his career playing for various clubs in the Greek Super League, including Panathinaikos, Apollon Smyrnis, Panargiakos and AEK Athens . [1] In January 2003, Kola was sacked by Kallithea after failing a doping test. [2]

International

He made his debut for Albania in a December 1990 European Championship qualification match away against Spain and earned a total of 39 caps, scoring 6 goals. [3] His final international was a March 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification against England in Tirana. [4]

National team statistics

Albania national team
YearAppsGoals
199010
199110
199210
199300
199440
199530
199640
199752
199872
199961
200050
200121
Total396

International goals

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kola goal.
List of international goals scored by Marinos Ouzounidis
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 April 1997 Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, Granada, SpainFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–02–31998 FIFA World Cup qualification
22 April 1997 Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, Granada, SpainFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 2–32–31998 FIFA World Cup qualification
310 February 1999 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1–12–2Friendly
410 February 1999 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2–12–2Friendly
59 October 1999 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, AlbaniaFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2–02–1UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
624 March 2001 BayArena, Leverkusen, GermanyFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–11–22002 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Managerial career

Kola took temporary charge at AEK Athens in August 2010 and was named full-time manager of Apollon Smyrnis in July 2012. [5] He also coached Panargiakos and from 2014 was the assistant of Marinos Ouzounidis at Panionios, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, respectively, until 2019. [6]

Honours

AEK Athens

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References

  1. ↑ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ↑ Drie 'Grieken' ook na tweede test positief – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ "Albania – Record International Players". RSSSF . Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Bledar Kola, trajneri i Apollon Smirnit – Panorama (in Albanian)
  6. ↑ Refuzoi ofertën për Kombëtaren shqiptare, Bledar Kola mbetet “pa punë” në Greqi – Panorama (in Albanian)
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