Sokol Kushta

























































































Sokol Kushta
Personal information
Full name
Sokol Kushta
Date of birth
(1964-04-17) 17 April 1964 (age 54)
Place of birth
Vlore, Albania
Playing position
Striker
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1981–1984
Flamurtari Vlorë
40
(14)
1984–1987
Partizani Tirana
70
(31)
1987–1991
Flamurtari Vlorë
81
(41)
1991–1993
Iraklis Saloniki
36
(2)
1993–1994
Apollon Kalamarias
24
(10)
1994–1995
Olympiakos Nicosia
26
(13)
1995–1996
Ethnikos Achna
19
(3)
National team‡
1987–1996
Albania
31
(10)
Teams managed
2000-2001
Flamurtari

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2009

Sokol Kushta (born 17 April 1964) is an Albanian retired football player.


Kushta was a striker and was ranked 30th in the 1987 European Footballer of the Year, matching in the ranking players such as Alessandro Altobelli, Glenn Hoddle, and Rudi Völler.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Club career


  • 2 International career


  • 3 Honours


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Club career


Born in Vlorë, Kushta spent the large part of his Albanian league career with hometown club Flamurtari during the 1980s, the club's golden years alongside fellow international players like Alfred Zijai, Kreshnik Çipi, Petro Ruçi, Alfred Ferko and Rrapo Taho.[2] In the 1987–88 season, he and his Flamurtari teammates managed to knock-out Partizan Belgrade and Wismut Aue, before losing for a second successive year to Spanish giants FC Barcelona in the UEFA Cup.[3] He also had three seasons with army club Partizani Tirana.


One of the most high-profile Albanian players at the time, Kushta moved abroad following the fall of communism and joined Greek side Iraklis Saloniki alongside fellow international and Flamurtari goalkeeper Anesti Arapi and later played for Apollon Kalamarias and in Cyprus for Ethnikos Achnas and Olympiakos Nicosia.


Kushta is the current joint-top goalscorer of Albanian Supercup along with KF Tirana's Mahir Halili, having scored a hat-trick in the 1990 edition against Dinamo Tirana.[4][5]



International career


Kushta made his debut for Albania in a March 1987 European Championship qualification match away at Romania and earned a total of 31 caps, scoring a then national record 10 goals.[6] His final international was an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal.[7]



Honours


Partizani[8]


  • Albanian Superliga: 1986–87

Flamurtari


  • Albanian Superliga: 1990–91


References





  1. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1987". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Rrapo Taho: Jam me rregulloren, por FSHF e di se pa Flamurtarin nuk ka kampionat - Sot News (in Albanian)


  3. ^ Alfrd Zijai: “Ishim një brez i artë” - Telegraf (in Albanian)


  4. ^ "Albania - List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.


  5. ^ "Supekupa, tripleta e famshme e Sokol Kushtës" [Supercup, the famous hat-trick of Sokol Kushta]. Arkiva Lajmeve. Retrieved 29 October 2015.


  6. ^ Hoxha, Florent (2009-07-16). "Albania - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-07-20.


  7. ^ "Sokol Kushta - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 27 October 2018.


  8. ^ "Albania - Championship Winning Teams". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.




External links



  • Sokol Kushta at National-Football-Teams.com









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