Kristi Qose (born 10 June 1995) is an

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder for Slovak club

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. He previously played for Czech club

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Club career

Early career

Qose born in

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and his family moved to Greece when he was young. He grow up at academies of PAOK among

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, another Albanian expatriate footballer.

PAOK

He made his debut on 13 April 2014 playing the full 90-minutes match against

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, afte ...

, finished in the 3–2 loss.

Loan to Apollon 1926

In August 2014 he was loaned out to Apollon Pontou to gain more experience.

International career

Albania U19

He made it his first international debut with

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in the

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in a 1–0 loss against Greece U19 in the opening match. He played the full 90-minutes match and received a yellow card in the 57th minute. He played another full 90-minutes match against Slovakia U19 match finished in a 1–1 draw and played as a starter for 86 minutes in the closing match against Bulgaria U19 when he was substituted off for

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in another 1–1 draw.

Albania U21

Qose advanced higherly at international level as he was called up for the first time with

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by coach Skënder Gega for the friendly match against Italy U21 on 6 May 2014.

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Qose was called up for the

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opening match against Liechtenstein on 28 March 2015. He made it his competitive debut for under-21 side against Liechtenstein playing as a starter in the 0–2 away victory where he was substituted off in the 77th minute for Klaudio Hyseni. He managed to play another two matches as a starter during campaign but were substituted off in the second half and one other as a substitute.

Albania senior team

He was called up by Albania national football team coach

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for the match against San Marino on 8 June 2014. He debuted for senior team against San Marino, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute in place of

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Career statistics

Club

International

Kristi Qose - national football team player
EU-Football.info

Honours

;PAOK *

Superleague Greece The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

Runner-up: 2013–14 * Greek Football Cup Runner-up: 2013–14

References

External links

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PAOK profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Qose, Kristi 1995 births Living people Footballers from Korçë Albanian footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Albania under-21 international footballers Albania youth international footballers Albania international footballers PAOK FC players Panserraikos F.C. players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players MFK Ružomberok players MFK Karviná players Super League Greece players Slovak Super Liga players Czech First League players Albanian expatriate footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic FC Viktoria Plzeň players