Jump to content

Taulant Kuqi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taulant Kuqi
Personal information
Full name Taulant Kuqi
Date of birth (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Vlorë, Albania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Oriku
Number 20
Youth career
2002–2006 Flamurtari Vlorë
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2017 Flamurtari 255 (4)
2017–2018 Kamza 31 (0)
2018– Oriku 33 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2019

Taulant Kuqi (born 11 November 1985 in Vlorë) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oriku in the Albanian First Division.[1]

Club career

[edit]

An Flamurtari Vlorë product, Kuqi debuted during 2005–06 season and since then played more than 250 league appearances, notably winning Albanian Cup twice. On 22 July 2012, Kuqi agreed a contract extension, signing until June 2013.[2]

He left the club after 15 years in June 2017.[3]

After two months of negotiations, on 1 September 2017, Kuqi agreed personal terms and joined newly promoted side Kazma.[4] Priror to that, he had a failed move to Albanian First Division's Bylis Ballsh.[5] 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.[6]

In July 2018, Kuqi along with Argjent Halili joined newly promoted Albanian First Division side Oriku.[7]

Career statistics

[edit]
As of 23 May 2018[8]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamurtari Vlorë 2005–06 Albanian Superliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006–07 16 1 0 0 16 1
2007–08 20 0 0 0 20 0
2008–09 26 2 4 0 30 2
2009–10 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2010–11 21 0 3 0 24 0
2011–12 18 0 14 1 4[a] 0 36 1
2012–13 19 0 7 0 2[a] 0 28 0
2013–14 31 1 6 0 37 1
2014–15 26 0 5 0 4[a] 1 1[b] 0 36 1
2015–16 25 0 4 0 29 0
2016–17 27 0 4 1 31 1
Total 255 4 47 1 10 1 1 0 313 6
Kamza 2017–18 Albanian Superliga 31 0 3 0 34 0
Oriku 2017–18 Albanian First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 286 6 50 1 10 1 1 0 346 6
  1. ^ a b c All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in Albanian Supercup

Honours

[edit]
Flamurtari Vlorë[8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Football : Taulant Kuqi". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ^ Ermal Sika (22 July 2012). "Lena: Të ruhet grupi, fitojmë trofe. Kuqi rinovon edhe një sezon me Flamurtarin" [Lena: The group should be saved, we will win trophies. Kuqi extends for another season with Flamurtari] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ^ "3 largime nga Flamurtari, Halilaj drejt rikthimit te Kukësi" [3 departures from Flamurtari, Halilaj towards return to Kukësi] (in Albanian). Panorama.com.al. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Kuqi-Kamza mbyllet gjithçka, mbrojtësi del në stërvitje" [Kuqi-Kamza everything ends, the defender stars training] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Taulant Kuqi u nis për Ballsh, por kthehet në Superiore" [Taulant Kuqi took off for Ballsh, but returns in Superliga] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Vllaznia bie nga Superiorja, mbijeton Kamza, Partizani pa Evropë (Video)" [Vllaznia relegated from Superliga, Kamza survives, Partizani without Europe (Video)] (in Albanian). Konica.al. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Kuqi-Halilaj pranojnë, tani në të Parën" [Kuqi-Halilaj agrees, now in the First Division] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ^ a b Taulant Kuqi at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
[edit]