Taulant Kuqi

Taulant Kuqi (born 11 November 1985 in Vlorë) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oriku in the Albanian First Division.^{[citation needed]}

Taulant Kuqi

Personal information
Full name	Taulant Kuqi
Date of birth	(1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Vlorë, Albania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Oriku
Number	20
Youth career
2002–2006	Flamurtari Vlorë
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2017	Flamurtari	255	(4)
2017–2018	Kamza	31	(0)
2018–	Oriku	33	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2019

Club career

A Flamurtari Vlorë product, Kuqi debuted during 2005–06 season and since then played more than 250 league appearances, notably winning the Albanian Cup twice. On 22 July 2012, Kuqi agreed a contract extension, signing until June 2013.^[1]

He left the club after 15 years in June 2017.^[2]

After two months of negotiations, on 1 September 2017, Kuqi agreed personal terms and joined newly promoted side Kazma.^[3] Prior to that, he had a failed move to Albanian First Division's Bylis Ballsh.^[4] He was a regular starter in the team during the 2017–18 season in which Kamza escaped relegation by only winning in the final match, with Kuqi collecting 2313 minutes from 31 appearances.^[5]

In July 2018, Kuqi along with Argjent Halili joined newly promoted Albanian First Division side Oriku.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 23 May 2018^[7]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamurtari Vlorë	2005–06	Albanian Superliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2006–07		16	1	0	0	—		—		16	1
	2007–08		20	0	0	0	—		—		20	0
	2008–09		26	2	4	0	—		—		30	2
	2009–10		26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	2010–11		21	0	3	0	—		—		24	0
	2011–12		18	0	14	1	4[a]	0	—		36	1
	2012–13		19	0	7	0	2[a]	0	—		28	0
	2013–14		31	1	6	0	—		—		37	1
	2014–15		26	0	5	0	4[a]	1	1[b]	0	36	1
	2015–16		25	0	4	0	—		—		29	0
	2016–17		27	0	4	1	—		—		31	1
	Total		255	4	47	1	10	1	1	0	313	6
Kamza	2017–18	Albanian Superliga	31	0	3	0	—		—		34	0
Oriku	2017–18	Albanian First Division	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			286	6	50	1	10	1	1	0	346	6

1. All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in Albanian Supercup

Honours

Flamurtari Vlorë^[7]

• Albanian Cup: 2008–09, 2013–14