Place of birth Vlorë, Albania Number 66 Years Team Weight 81 kg | Playing position Height 1.89 m | |
Date of birth (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 19) Current team MFK Zemplín Michalovce (#66 / Forward) | ||
Kristian Kushta (born 19 December 1997), is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovakian club MFK Zemplín Michalovce on loan from PAOK FC.His uncle is the former player Sokol Kushta.
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Early career
Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece and started his youth career with PAOK FC at age of just 5.
PAOK
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.
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.