Kristian Kushta
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Elbasan, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iraklis | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2015 | PAOK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | PAOK | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2017 | → Slavoj Trebišov (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Aiginiakos (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Karaiskakis Arta | 15 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Ierapetra | 25 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | AEL | 15 | (3) |
| 2023– | Iraklis | 85 | (22) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Albania U17 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 26, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of March 16, 2025 | |||
Kristian Kushta (born 16 December 1997) is an Albanian–Greek professional association football player who plays as a forward for Super League Greece 2 club Iraklis.[1][2]
Early career
Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece when he was very young and started his youth career with P.A.O.K. aged five.[3]
P.A.O.K.
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 Volos coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Nikos Syrakos, where the match finished in the 1–1 away draw.[4]
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 Džemal 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.[5]
Personal life
His uncle is the retired association football player Sokol Kushta.
