Afrim Kuçi

Afrim Kuçi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-05-19)19 May 1970
Place of birth	Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death	9 October 2022(2022-10-09) (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	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	Minatori'89
1992–1993	Kosova Prishtina
1993–1994	Modo FF
1994	Siarka Tarnobrzeg	1	(0)
1994–1996	SG Betzdorf
1996–2000	Sportfreunde Siegen	90	(4)
2000–2001	Eintracht Braunschweig	11	(1)
2001–2004	SV Elversberg	84	(6)
2004	FC Eschborn	0	(0)
Total		+186	(+11)
International career
1998	Albania	0	(0)
*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.

Career

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. 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. In 2000, he was transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig and after a year to SV Elversberg. 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.

External links

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