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Afrim Kuçi

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Afrim Kuçi
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-05-19)19 May 1970
Place of birth Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 9 October 2022(2022-10-09) (aged 52)
Place of death Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–1988 Trepça[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Minatori'89
1992–1993 Kosova Prishtina
1993–1994 Modo FF
1994 Siarka Tarnobrzeg 1 (0)
1994–1996 SG Betzdorf
1996–2000 Sportfreunde Siegen 90 (4)
2000–2001 Eintracht Braunschweig 11 (1)
2001–2004 SV Elversberg 84 (6)
2004 FC Eschborn 0 (0)
Total +186 (+11)
International career
1998 Albania 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Afrim Kuçi (19 May 1970 – 9 October 2022) was a Kosovo Albanian footballer who played as a defender and defensive midfielder.[1]

Career

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Kuçi was formed in Kosovo in the youth teams of Trepça and as a senior moved to Minatori'89. Then he moved to Europe where he played in Sweden with Modo FF and after a year he moved to Poland to Siarka Tarnobrzeg and then to Germany to SG Betzdorf and Sportfreunde Siegen.[1] In August 1998, after good performances with Sportfreunde Siegen, Kuçi received a call-up from Albania for the friendly match against Cyprus, but due to some problems he could not play.[1] In 2000, he was transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig and after a year to SV Elversberg.[1] On 9 July 2004, Kuçi who had just joined FC Eschborn was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke on a football pitch during pre-season match, which caused him to leave from football due to hemiparesis and neurological disorders.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "U nda nga jeta ish-futbollisti Afrim Kuçi" [Former footballer Afrim Kuçi passed away] (in Albanian). Albinfo.ch. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ Sylvester Schneider (16 August 2004). "Hilfe für Afrim Kuci!" [Help for Afrim Kuci!]. inside-siegen.de (in German). Archived from the original on 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ Sylvester Schneider (28 August 2004). "Afrim Kuci dankt Sportfreundefans" [Afrim Kuci thanks Sportfreunde fans]. inside-siegen.de (in German). Archived from the original on 8 January 2019.
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