| Kristian Kushta | |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Elbasan, Albania |
| Height: | 1.920NaN0 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Iraklis |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | PAOK |
| Years1: | 2015–2019 |
| Clubs1: | PAOK |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | → Michalovce (loan) |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Slavoj Trebišov (loan) |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Aiginiakos (loan) |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs5: | Karaiskakis |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs6: | Ierapetra |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs7: | AEL |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Iraklis |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Caps2: | 27 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Caps4: | 30 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Caps6: | 25 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Caps7: | 15 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Caps8: | 43 |
| Goals8: | 10 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Albania U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 23 December 2023 |
Kristian Kushta (born 19 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club Iraklis.
Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece when he was very young and started his youth career with PAOK FC aged five.[1]
He made it his professional debut under the coach Igor Tudor on 17 December 2015 in a 2015–16 Greek Football Cup match against Olympiacos Volou coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Nikos Syrakos, where the match finished in the 1–1 away draw.[2]
Kushta participated with Albania national under-17 football team in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round in October 2013 under the coach Dzemal Mustedanagić where he managed to appear in all 3 group matches, playing as a substitute in the opening match against Romania U17 replacing Franc Bakalli, then two other matches as a starter to help his side to advance in the next elite round.[3]
His uncle is the former player Sokol Kushta.