Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rigels Qose | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Korçë, Albania | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2001 | Skënderbeu | 92 | (39) |
2001–2003 | Dinamo Tirana | 54 | (7) |
2005 | WM Pioneers | 21 | (12) |
2006 | Partizani | 15 | (1) |
Skënderbeu (USA) | |||
Total | 182 | (59) | |
International career | |||
1993 | Albania U-16 | (1) | |
1999 | Albania U-21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rigels Qose (born 3 August 1977, in Korçë) is an Albanian former football player who played for Skënderbeu Korçë, Dinamo Tirana, Western Mass Pioneers, Partizani Tirana and Skënderbeu in the USA.[1][2][3]
Playing career
Club
After a lengthy career in Albania, Qosa moved to the United States in 2005 to end up in the All League First Team after a season with Western Mass Pioneers[4] for whom he scored 12 in 21 games.[5] He also won a league title with an American amateur side called Skënderbeu.[6]
International
Qosa scored the only goal when Albania beat Portugal 1–0 in Tirana in a UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifier on 3 March 1993.[7]
Coaching career
Qosa was appointed technical director at Long Island Rough Riders, where he had been working since 2012.[8] He had earlier been working as head coach of Long Island's clubs Royal FC and SUSA.
Honours
References
- ↑ Footballdatabase profile
- ↑ 11v11 profile
- ↑ Korçarët e SHBA-së kërkojnë miqësore me kampionët
- ↑ History and Honors - WM Pioneers
- ↑ Western Mass Pioneers - SoccerStats
- ↑ Skënderbeu, kampion edhe në … Amerikë - Panorama (in Albanian)
- ↑ Portugal v Albania background - UEFA
- ↑ Qosa Named Boys Technical Director - LI Rough Riders
- ↑ Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF