Kristian Kushta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Elbasan, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2017 | → Slavoj Trebišov (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Aiginiakos (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Karaiskakis Arta | 15 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Ierapetra | 25 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | AEL | 15 | (3) |
| 2023– | Iraklis | 85 | (22) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Albania U17 | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 26, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of March 16, 2025 | |||
Kristian Kushta (born 16 December 1997) is an Albanian–Greek professional association football player who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Iraklis.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece when he was very young and started his youth career with P.A.O.K. aged five.[3]
P.A.O.K.
[edit]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 Volos coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Nikos Syrakos, where the match finished in the 1–1 away draw.[4]
International career
[edit]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 Džemal 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.[5]
Personal life
[edit]His uncle is the retired association football player Sokol Kushta.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 18 August 2026
| 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 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 8 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 5 | ||||
| 2026–27 | Superleague Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 85 | 22 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 91 | 25 | ||||
| Career total | 204 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 50 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Summary - Kristian Kushta - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Στον Ηρακλή ο Κρίστιαν Κούστα". FC Iraklis (in Greek). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Kristian Kushta - PAOKFC". PAOKFC. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Olympiakos Volos vs PAOK live scores & match info | Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Matches - Kristian Kushta - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Kristian Kushta at Soccerway.com
- Kristian Kushta at WorldFootball.net
- Kristian Kushta at FBref.com
- 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