Kostandin Kariqi

Kostandin Kariqi (born 30 October 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League 2 club Apollon Larissa.

Kostandin Kariqi
Personal information
Full name Kostandin Kariqi
Date of birth (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Apollon Larissa
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2015 Asteras Magoula
2015–2016 Trikala
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Trikala 6 (0)
2017–2018 Anagennisi Karditsa 27 (0)
2018–2019 Volos 15 (1)
2019 Tirana 0 (0)
2019– Apollon Larissa 17 (0)
National team‡
2014 Albania U19 3 (0)
2016 Albania U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2019

Club career

Early career

Kariqi started his youth career at Asteras Magoula. In July 2015 he moved to Trikala.[1]

Trikala

He made his debut with Trikala on 15 January 2017 against Aiginiakos playing the full 90-minutes match in a 2–2 draw.[2]

International career

Albania U19

Kariqi received his first international invitation at the Albania national under-19 football team by coach Foto Strakosha for the friendly match against Italy U-19 on 14 May 2014.[3]

He was called up by coach Altin Lala to participate in the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round from 12–17 November 2014.[4] Kariqi played all 3 matches as a starter where two first matches against Denmark and Portugal he completed the full 90-minutes and in the closing match against Wales he was substituted off in the 62nd minute for Paolo Ivani.[5] However Albania U19 lost all 3 matches with total of goals collected 2–7, where all two goals were scored by Esad Morina of FC Schalke 04 youth.[6]

Albania U21

Kariqi received his first call up to Albania national under-21 football team by coach Redi Jupi to participate in the Antalya Cup developed in Antalya, Turkey against Saudi Arabia U23 on 22 January 2016, Bahrain U23 on 24 January, Azerbaijan U21 on 26 January, Kosovo U21 on 28 January and Ukraine U21 on 30 January.[7]

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

After having gathered in several friendly matches, Kariqi received his first competitive call up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Greece U21 on 2 September 2016.[8] He played against Greece U21 coming on as a half-time substitute in place of Eros Grezda, following a Red card received by fellow Albania U21s defender Silvester Shkalla.[9] Then, in the closing match of the qualification campaign on 10 October 2016 against Israel U21 he played as a starter and was substituted off at half-time for Enea Mihaj.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 2 May 2019 [11]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trikala2016–17Football League (Greece) 60———60
Anagennisi Karditsa2017–18 27030——300
Volos2018–19 15120——171
Career total 48150——531
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

References
  1. Kombëtarja U-19, zbor stëvitor në Greqi FSHF.org "3 Kostandin Kariqi Asteria Greqi"
  2. Aiginiakos vs. Trikala - 15 January 2017 Soccerway
  3. U-19: Shqipëria miqësore me Italinë Archived 2016-11-06 at the Wayback Machine aSport.al
  4. Barazon Kombëtarja, Lala: Kualifikohemi në Europian Panorama Sport
  5. Kostandin Kariqi matches at Soccerway
  6. Summary - UEFA U19 Championship - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news Soccerway
  7. Shpresat, pjesëmarrëse në “Antalia Cup” FSHF.org
  8. U-21 zbardhet lista per sfiden ndaj Greqise Archived 2017-08-01 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  9. Greece U21 vs. Albania U21 - 2 September 2016 Soccerway
  10. "Under-21 2017 - Israel-Albania Commentary". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  11. Kostandin Kariqi at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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