Afrim Kuçi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 May 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Date of death | 9 October 2022 | (aged 52)||
Place of death | Germany | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1988 | Trepça[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1992 | Minatori'89 | ||
1992–1993 | Kosova Prishtina | ||
1993–1994 | Modo FF | ||
1994 | Siarka Tarnobrzeg | 1 | (0) |
1994–1996 | SG Betzdorf | ||
1996–2000 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 90 | (4) |
2000–2001 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 11 | (1) |
2001–2004 | SV Elversberg | 84 | (6) |
2004 | FC Eschborn | 0 | (0) |
Total | +186 | (+11) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Afrim Kuçi (19 May 1970 – 9 October 2022) was a Kosovo Albanian footballer who played as a defender and defensive midfielder.[1]
Career
Kuçi was formed in Kosovo in the youth teams of Trepça and as a senior moved to Minatori'89. Then he moved to Europe where he played in Sweden with Modo FF and after a year he moved to Poland to Siarka Tarnobrzeg and then to Germany to SG Betzdorf and Sportfreunde Siegen.[1] In August 1998, after good performances with Sportfreunde Siegen, Kuçi received a call-up from Albania for the friendly match against Cyprus, but due to some problems he could not play.[1] In 2000, he was transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig and after a year to SV Elversberg.[1] On 9 July 2004, Kuçi who had just joined FC Eschborn was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke on a football pitch during pre-season match, which caused him to leave from football due to hemiparesis and neurological disorders.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "U nda nga jeta ish-futbollisti Afrim Kuçi" [Former footballer Afrim Kuçi passed away] (in Albanian). Albinfo.ch. 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ Sylvester Schneider (16 August 2004). "Hilfe für Afrim Kuci!" [Help for Afrim Kuci!]. inside-siegen.de (in German). Archived from the original on 13 September 2017.
- ^ Sylvester Schneider (28 August 2004). "Afrim Kuci dankt Sportfreundefans" [Afrim Kuci thanks Sportfreunde fans]. inside-siegen.de (in German). Archived from the original on 8 January 2019.
External links
- Afrim Kuçi at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Afrim Kuçi at FootballDatabase.eu
- Afrim Kuçi at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Afrim Kuçi at Sport.de (in German)