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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
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.
List of international goals scored by Marinos Ouzounidis
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

  1. ^ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ^ Drie 'Grieken' ook na tweede test positief – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  3. ^ "Albania – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ Bledar Kola, trajneri i Apollon Smirnit – Panorama (in Albanian)
  6. ^ Refuzoi ofertën për Kombëtaren shqiptare, Bledar Kola mbetet “pa punë” në Greqi – Panorama (in Albanian)

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