Kristian Kushta Explained

Kristian Kushta
Birth Date:19 December 1997
Birth Place:Elbasan, Albania
Height:1.920NaN0
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Iraklis
Clubnumber:9
Youthyears1:2003–2015
Youthclubs1:PAOK
Years1:2015–2019
Clubs1:PAOK
Years2:2016–2017
Clubs2:Michalovce (loan)
Years3:2017
Clubs3:Slavoj Trebišov (loan)
Years4:2018–2019
Clubs4:Aiginiakos (loan)
Years5:2019–2020
Clubs5:Karaiskakis
Years6:2020–2021
Clubs6:Ierapetra
Years7:2021–2023
Clubs7:AEL
Caps1:1
Years8:2023–
Clubs8:Iraklis
Goals1:0
Caps2:27
Goals2:3
Caps3:6
Goals3:0
Caps4:30
Goals4:4
Caps5:15
Goals5:3
Caps6:25
Goals6:5
Caps7:15
Goals7:3
Caps8:43
Goals8:10
Nationalyears1:2013
Nationalteam1:Albania U17
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:23 December 2023

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

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paokfc.gr/en/profiles/kristian-kushta/ Kristian Kushta profile
  2. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/12/17/greece/cup/ask-olympiakos/paok-fc/2157988/ Olympiakos Volos vs. PAOK - 17 December 2015
  3. https://int.soccerway.com/players/kristian-kushta/319658/matches/ Kristian Kushta matches