Kristian Kushta

Kristian Kushta (born 19 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club Karaiskakis.

Kristian Kushta
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997
Place of birth Elbasan, Albania
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Karaiskakis
Number 16
Youth career
2003– PAOK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 PAOK 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Michalovce (loan) 27 (3)
2017 → Slavoj Trebišov (loan) 6 (0)
2018–2019 → Aiginiakos (loan) 30 (4)
2019– Karaiskakis 7 (2)
National team
2013 Albania U17 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2019

Club career

Early career

Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece and started his youth career with PAOK FC at age of just 5.[1]

PAOK

He made it his first 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]
Season Club League country League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2015–16PAOKSuperleague Greece 0010--10
Total 00100010
Career total 00100010

References
  1. Kristian Kushta profile Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine PAOKFC
  2. Olympiakos Volos vs. PAOK - 17 December 2015 Soccerway
  3. Kristian Kushta matches at Soccerway
  4. Kristian Kushta at Soccerway
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