Taulant Kuqi (born 11 November 1985 in

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for Oriku in the

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Club career

A Flamurtari Vlorë product, Kuqi debuted during 2005–06 season and since then played more than 250 league appearances, notably winning the Albanian Cup twice. On 22 July 2012, Kuqi agreed a contract extension, signing until June 2013. He left the club after 15 years in June 2017. After two months of negotiations, on 1 September 2017, Kuqi agreed personal terms and joined newly promoted side

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. Prior to that, he had a failed move to

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. He was a regular starter in the team during the 2017–18 season in which Kamza escaped relegation by only winning in the final match, with Kuqi collecting 2313 minutes from 31 appearances. In July 2018, Kuqi along with Argjent Halili joined newly promoted Albanian First Division side Oriku.

Career statistics

Honours

;Flamurtari Vlorë *

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: 2008–09, 2013–14

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* * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Vlorë Albanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Flamurtari FC players FC Kamza players KF Oriku players Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria e Parë players 21st-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-midfielder-stub