Kristian Kushta

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Kristian Kushta
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Elbasan, Albania
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Iraklis
Number 9
Youth career
2003–2015 PAOK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 PAOK 1 (0)
2016–2017Michalovce (loan) 27 (3)
2017Slavoj Trebišov (loan) 6 (0)
2018–2019Aiginiakos (loan) 30 (4)
2019–2020 Karaiskakis 15 (3)
2020–2021 Ierapetra 25 (5)
2021–2023 AEL 15 (3)
2023– Iraklis 53 (12)
International career
2013 Albania U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024

Kristian Kushta (born 16 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece 2 club Iraklis.

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Club career

Early career

Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece when he was very young and started his youth career with PAOK FC aged five. [1]

PAOK

He made it his professional debut under the coach Igor Tudor on 17 December 2015 in a 2015–16 Greek Football Cup match against Olympiacos Volou coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Nikos Syrakos, where the match finished in the 1–1 away draw. [2]

International career

Kushta participated with Albania national under-17 football team in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round in October 2013 under the coach Dzemal Mustedanagić where he managed to appear in all 3 group matches, playing as a substitute in the opening match against Romania U17 replacing Franc Bakalli, then two other matches as a starter to help his side to advance in the next elite round. [3]

Personal life

His uncle is the former player Sokol Kushta.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 March 2016 [4]
SeasonClubLeague countryLeagueNational CupEuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2015–16 PAOK Superleague Greece 0010--10
Total00100010
Career total00100010

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