Kristi Qose (born 10 June 1995) is an Albanian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Czech club Viktoria Plzeň.[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kristi Qose | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1995-06-10) 10 June 1995 (age 27) | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bilisht, Korçë, Albania | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | PAOK | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | → Iraklis Thessaloniki (loan) | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | PAOK Thessaloniki | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Apollon Pontou (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Panserraikos (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Ružomberok | 77 | (14) | ||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Karviná | 58 | (9) | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Albania U19 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Albania U21 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2014– | Albania | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2020 | |||||||||||||
Qose born in Korçë, Albania and his family moved to Greece when he was young. He grow up at academies of PAOK among Ergys Kaçe, another Albanian expatriate footballer.[2]
He made it his debut on 13 April 2014 playing the full 90-minutes match against Levadiakos, finished in the 3–2 loss.[3]
In August 2014 he was loaned out to Apollon Pontou to gain more experience.
He made it his first international debut with Albania national under-19 football team in the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round in a 1–0 loss against Greece U19 in the opening match. He played the full 90-minutes match and received a yellow card in the 57th minute.[4] He played another full 90-minutes match against Slovakia U19 match finished in a 1–1 draw and played as a starter for 86 minutes in the closing match against Bulgaria U19 when he was substituted off for Mario Kame in another 1–1 draw.[5]
Qose advanced higherly at international level as he was called up for the first time with Albania national under-21 football team by coach Skënder Gega for the friendly match against Italy U21 on 6 May 2014.[6]
Qose was called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Liechtenstein on 28 March 2015.[7] He made it his competitive debut for under-21 side against Liechtenstein playing as a starter in the 0–2 away victory where he was substituted off in the 77th minute for Klaudio Hyseni.[8] He managed to play another two matches as a starter during campaign but were substituted off in the second half and one other as a substitute.
He was called up by Albania national football team coach Gianni De Biasi for the match against San Marino on 8 June 2014. He debuted for senior team against San Marino, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute in place of Andi Lila.[9]
| Season | Club | League country | League | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2013–14 | PAOK | Superleague Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Apollon 1926 | Football League (Greece) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Albania national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |