Taulant Kuqi

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]

Taulant Kuqi
Personal information
Full name Taulant Kuqi
Date of birth (1985-11-11) 11 November 1985
Place of birth Vlorë, Albania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2019

Club career

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
As of 23 May 2018[8]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamurtari Vlorë 2005–06 Albanian Superliga 0000——00
2006–07 16100——161
2007–08 20000——200
2008–09 26240——302
2009–10 260000000260
2010–11 21030——240
2011–12 1801414[lower-alpha 1]0—361
2012–13 190702[lower-alpha 1]0—280
2013–14 31160——371
2014–15 260504[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]0361
2015–16 25040——290
2016–17 27041——311
Total 2554471101103136
Kamza 2017–18 Albanian Superliga 31030——340
Oriku 2017–18 Albanian First Division 0000——00
Career total 2866501101103466
  1. All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Albanian Supercup

Honours
Flamurtari Vlorë[8]

References
  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. Taulant Kuqi at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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