Afrim Kuçi

Afrim Kuçi
Personal information
Date of birth	19 May 1970
Place of birth	Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death	9 October 2022 (aged 52)
Place of death	Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–1988	Trepça
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1992	Minatori'89
1992–1993	Kosova Prishtina
1993–1994	Modo FF
1994	Siarka Tarnobrzeg
1994–1996	SG Betzdorf
1996–2000	Sportfreunde Siegen
2000–2001	Eintracht Braunschweig
2001–2004	SV Elversberg
2004	FC Eschborn
Total
	*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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "U nda nga jeta ish-futbollisti Afrim Kuçi" [Former footballer Afrim Kuçi passed away] (in Albanian). Albinfo.ch. 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Afrim Kuçi at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Afrim Kuçi at FootballDatabase.eu
Afrim Kuçi at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Afrim Kuçi at Sport.de (in German)

[Afrim-1] "U nda nga jeta ish-futbollisti Afrim Kuçi" [Former footballer Afrim Kuçi passed away] (in Albanian). Albinfo.ch. 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2024-04-22.

[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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