Elton Koça (born 5 May 1973) is a retired

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player.

Club career

Koça began his playing career with

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, the club with whom he would win the 1993–94 Albanian championship. In 1997, he moved to Greece to play for Agios Nikolaos. He would also play for

Panegialios Panegialios ( el, Παναιγιάλειος Γ.Σ. (''Panegialios Gymnastics Club'', referring to Aigialeia, a subprefecture covering the northeastern part of Achaea) is a football club based in Aigio, Greece. Panegialios has a long tradition i ...

in the

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before joining

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International career

He made his debut for

in a November 1995

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against

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in Tirana and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His other international was also a friendly against Bosnia in April 1996.

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