Kristi Qose (born 10 June 1995) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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, currently for Albanian club

AF Elbasani AF Elbasani (), is an Albanian professional football club based in Elbasan. The club competes in Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is Elbasan Arena. History In 2021, the club was formed by the Elbasan Mu ...

Prior his arrival to Elbasani he played for Czech club

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and Slovak Zemplín Michalovce.

Club career

Early career

Qose born in

Korçë Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, eighth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population of the city is 51,152 and 75,994 of Korçë municipal ...

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and his family moved to

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when he was young. He grow up at academies of

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

among

Ergys Kaçe Ergys Kaçe (born 8 July 1993) is an Albanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for the Football Superleague of Kosovo, Kosovo Superleague club SC Gjilani, Gjilani. H ...

, another Albanian expatriate footballer.

PAOK

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

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club (officially romanized: ''Levadeiakos'' ) 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, ...

, finished in the 3–2 loss.

Loan to Apollon 1926

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

Viktoria Plzeň

Before the 2022–23 season, Qose transferred to

, with whom he qualified for the

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. Shortly after, in a match in the third Czech league for Viktoria Plzeň B, he reacted to the awarding of a red card by insulting the referee. In response, he received a four-month ban from the Football Association of the Czech Republic and the club released him. He appeared in only one

Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...

match for Viktoria Plzeň.

International career

Albania U19

He made it his first international debut with

Albania national under-19 football team The Albania national under-19 football team represents Albania in international football at this age level in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-19 international football tournaments. ...

in the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round 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 Mario Kame in another 1–1 draw.

Albania U21

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

Albania national under-21 football team The Albania national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which is held every two years. ...

by coach

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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

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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

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coach Gianni De Biasi for the match against

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

Andi Lila Andi Lila (born 12 February 1986) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was a versatile player, having spent his early career as a full-back. Lila began his career with local side Besa Kavajë, ...

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

;PAOK *

Superleague Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repl ...

Runner-up: 2013–14 *

Greek Football Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

Runner-up: 2013–14

References

External links

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PAOK profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Qose, Kristi 1995 births Living people Footballers from Korçë Albanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Albania men's under-21 international footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's international footballers PAOK FC players Panserraikos F.C. players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players MFK Ružomberok players FC Viktoria Plzeň players MFK Karviná players FC Košice (2018) players AF Elbasani players Super League Greece players Slovak First Football League players Czech First League 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 Albanian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Bohemian Football League players 21st-century Albanian sportsmen