Bledar Kola
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1972-08-01) 1 August 1972 (age 52) | ||
Place of birth | Mirditë, Albania | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Besëlidhja | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1989 | Besëlidhja | ||
1989–1990 | Partizani | 35 | (6) |
1990–1991 | Elbasani | 21 | (1) |
1991–1994 | Panargiakos | 77 | (13) |
1994–1996 | Apollon Smyrnis | 63 | (10) |
1996–2000 | Panathinaikos | 106 | (10) |
2001–2002 | AEK Athens | 11 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Kallithea | 16 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Apollon Smyrnis | 19 | (2) |
Total | 348 | (43) | |
International career | |||
1990–2001 | Albania | 39 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
2004–2011 | AEK Athens (youth) | ||
2010 | AEK Athens (caretaker) | ||
2012 | Apollon Smyrnis | ||
2013 | Omonia (assistant) | ||
2014 | Panargiakos | ||
2014–2016 | Panionios (assistant) | ||
2016–2018 | Panathinaikos (assistant) | ||
2018–2019 | AEK Athens (assistant) | ||
2020 | APOEL (assistant) | ||
2021 | Universitatea Craiova (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bledar Kola (born 1 August 1972) is an Albanian retired football player and later manager.
Early life
Kola comes from Mirditë, but grew up in the city of Lezhë. He was an exemplary student. He started his career at Besëlidhja Lezhë, and then moved to Partizani Tirana. Later he moved to Greece where his playing career took off.
Playing career
Club
Kola spent most of his career playing for various clubs in the Greek Super League, including Panathinaikos, Apollon Smyrnis, Panargiakos and AEK Athens .[1] In January 2003, Kola was sacked by Kallithea after failing a doping test.[2]
International
He made his debut for Albania in a December 1990 European Championship qualification match away against Spain and earned a total of 39 caps, scoring 6 goals.[3] His final international was a March 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification against England in Tirana.[4]
National team statistics
Albania national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1990 | 1 | 0 |
1991 | 1 | 0 |
1992 | 1 | 0 |
1993 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 4 | 0 |
1995 | 3 | 0 |
1996 | 4 | 0 |
1997 | 5 | 2 |
1998 | 7 | 2 |
1999 | 6 | 1 |
2000 | 5 | 0 |
2001 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 39 | 6 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kola goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 April 1997 | Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain | Germany | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 2 April 1997 | Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain | Germany | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 10 February 1999 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Latvia | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
4 | 10 February 1999 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Latvia | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
5 | 9 October 1999 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | Georgia | 2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
6 | 24 March 2001 | BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany | Germany | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Managerial career
Kola took temporary charge at AEK Athens in August 2010 and was named full-time manager of Apollon Smyrnis in July 2012.[5] He also coached Panargiakos and from 2014 was the assistant of Marinos Ouzounidis at Panionios, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, respectively, until 2019.[6]
Honours
- AEK Athens
References
- ^ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ Drie 'Grieken' ook na tweede test positief – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ "Albania – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Bledar Kola, trajneri i Apollon Smirnit – Panorama (in Albanian)
- ^ Refuzoi ofertën për Kombëtaren shqiptare, Bledar Kola mbetet “pa punë” në Greqi – Panorama (in Albanian)
External links
- Bledar Kola at National-Football-Teams.com