| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Elbasan, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | → 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) |
| 2021–2023 | AEL | 15 | (3) |
| 2023– | Iraklis | 59 | (16) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Albania U17 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2025 | |||
Kristian Kushta (born 16 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece 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.
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.
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.
Personal life
His uncle is the former player Sokol Kushta.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 26 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| PAOK | 2015–16 | Superleague Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michalovce (loan) | 2016–17 | Fortuna Liga | 24 | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 30 | 9 | ||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 3 | 7 | 6 | — | — | 34 | 9 | ||||
| Slavoj Trebišov (loan) | 2017–18 | 2. Liga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aiginiakos (loan) | 2017–18 | Superleague Greece 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| Karaiskakis | 2019–20 | Superleague Greece 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| Ierapetra | 2020–21 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 5 | |||
| AEL | 2021–22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||||
| Iraklis | 2022–23 | Superleague Greece 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 10 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 59 | 16 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 62 | 17 | ||||
| Career total | 178 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 42 | ||
References
- Kristian Kushta profile Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine PAOKFC
- Olympiakos Volos vs. PAOK - 17 December 2015 Soccerway
- Kristian Kushta matches at Soccerway
External links
- Kristian Kushta at Soccerway
- Kristian Kushta profile PAOKFC
| Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) – current squad | |
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vlorë
- Albanian men's footballers
- Albanian emigrants to Greece
- Men's association football forwards
- Albania men's youth international footballers
- PAOK FC players
- MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
- FK Slavoj Trebišov players
- Aiginiakos F.C. players
- A.E. Karaiskakis F.C. players
- O.F. Ierapetra F.C. players
- Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
- Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players
- Slovak First Football League players
- 2. Liga (Slovakia) players
- Super League Greece players
- Football League (Greece) players
- Super League Greece 2 players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- 21st-century Albanian sportsmen