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 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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* 1973 births Living people Footballers from Durrës Albanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Albania men's international footballers KF Teuta players KS Lushnja players A.O. Agios Nikolaos F.C. players Panegialios F.C. players Athens Kallithea F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Kategoria Superiore players Football League (Greece) players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece {{Albania-footy-forward-stub