Albert Kuqi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Mikkeli, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | LoPa | ||
| 2010 | Viikingit | ||
| 2010 | → PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) | ||
| 2010 | → Gnistan (loan) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Haka | 11 | (1) |
| 2012 | → EIF (loan) | 25 | (14) |
| 2013–2014 | Klubi-04 | ||
| 2014 | Honka | ||
| 2015 | PK-35 | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vantaan Jalkapalloseura | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 Jan 2018 | |||
Albert Kuqi (born 14 February 1992) is a Finnish former football player who played as a forward.
He scored his first goal For EIF in his debut against FC Espoo with a volley from 25 yards.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of footballers Shefki Kuqi and Njazi Kuqi.[1] They are of Kosovo Albanian descent.[2]
In September 2025, the District Court of Helsinki sentenced Kuqi to eight years in prison for three aggravated narcotics offences (törkeä huumausainerikos in Finnish law). He and two other men had brought 14 kilograms of cocaine into Finland in 2024–2025.[3]
References
- (in Finnish) Profile at veikkausliiga.com
- (in Finnish) Veikkausliiga Hall of Fame
- (in Finnish) Kuqi loppukaudeksi lainalle Gnistaniin
Notes
- ^ Zavros, Christos (12 January 2016). "Shefki Kuqi houkutteli veljensä takaisin Veikkausliigaan". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan (20 February 2011). "Kuqi: I was terrified of making a sound". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
a town in Kosovo, then in Yugoslavia, where two-thirds of the population were ethnic Albanians. Kuqi's family were among them
- ^ Niiranen, Janne (26 September 2025). "Albert Kuqille 8 vuotta vankeutta törkeistä rikoksista" [Albert Kuqi 8 years imprisonment for aggravated crimes]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.