Afrim Kuçi | |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1970 |
Death Place: | Germany |
Height: | 1.90 m |
Position: | Defender, defensive midfielder |
Youthyears1: | –1988 |
Youthclubs1: | Trepça |
Years1: | 1988–1992 |
Clubs1: | Minatori'89 |
Years2: | 1992–1993 |
Clubs2: | Kosova Prishtina |
Years3: | 1993–1994 |
Clubs3: | Modo FF |
Years4: | 1994 |
Clubs4: | Siarka Tarnobrzeg |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1994–1996 |
Clubs5: | SG Betzdorf |
Years6: | 1996–2000 |
Clubs6: | Sportfreunde Siegen |
Caps6: | 90 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Years7: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs7: | Eintracht Braunschweig |
Caps7: | 11 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Years8: | 2001–2004 |
Clubs8: | SV Elversberg |
Caps8: | 84 |
Goals8: | 6 |
Years9: | 2004 |
Clubs9: | FC Eschborn |
Caps9: | 0 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | +186 |
Totalgoals: | +11 |
Afrim Kuçi (19 May 1970 – 9 October 2022) was a Kosovo Albanian footballer who played as a defender and defensive midfielder.[1]
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]