Kristian Kushta (born 19 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club AEL.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Elbasan, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AEL | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2015 | 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) |
| 2019–2020 | Karaiskakis | 15 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Ierapetra | 25 | (5) |
| 2021– | AEL | 8 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2013 | Albania U17 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:30, 14 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece and started his youth career with PAOK FC at age of just 5.[1]
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]
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]
His uncle is the former player Sokol Kushta.
| Season | Club | League country | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2015–16 | PAOK | Superleague Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. – current squad | |
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