Sokol Kushta
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Career & Clubs
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. 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 round of 16 in the UEFA Cup. 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 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.
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. His final international was an October 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal.
- Club
- Ethnikos Achna FC (1995–1996)
- Club
- Olympiakos Nicosia FC (1994–1995)
- Club
- Flamurtari Vlorë (1981–1984)
- Club
- G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis (men's association football) (1991–1993)
- Club
- Partizani Tirana (1984–1987)
- Club
- Flamurtari Vlorë (1987–1991)
- Club
- M.G.S. Apollon Kalamarias (1993–1994)
- Club
- Albania men's national football team (1985–1996)
- Club
- M.G.S. Apollon Kalamarias (association football) (1993–1994)
- National team
- Albania
Legacy
Clubs
- Flamurtari Vlorë1981–1984
- Partizani Tirana1984–1987
- Albania men's national football team1985–1996
- Flamurtari Vlorë1987–1991
- G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis (men's association football)1991–1993
- M.G.S. Apollon Kalamarias1993–1994
- M.G.S. Apollon Kalamarias (association football)1993–1994
- Olympiakos Nicosia FC1994–1995
- Ethnikos Achna FC1995–1996
Played together with
- Abdelkarim KissiEthnikos Achna FC · 2010–2012
Abdenasser El KhayatiOlympiakos Nicosia FC · 2012–2013- Adnan GušoOlympiakos Nicosia FC · 2008–2008
- Adrian AliajPartizani Tirana · 1992–1995
- Alban BushiFlamurtari Vlorë · 1996–1996
- Alban BushiM.G.S. Apollon Kalamarias (association football) · 2006–2008
- Alban BushiPartizani Tirana · 2004–2005
- Alban HoxhaPartizani Tirana · 2013
- Alexandre Silva CleytonM.G.S. Apollon Kalamarias (association football) · 2004–2006
Alexandré PölkingOlympiakos Nicosia FC · 2005–2006- Alexandré PölkingOlympiakos Nicosia FC · 2007–2007
- Alexis AlexiouM.G.S. Apollon Kalamarias (association football) · 1983–1986
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Identifiers & aliases
Sokol Kushta is an Albanian retired association football player, who was arguably one of his country's best players in the latter half of the 1980s and the early 1990s and one of the first to be allowed by the communist party to play abroad.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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