Bledar Kola

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Bledar Kola (born 1 August 1972) is an Albanian retired football player and later manager.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

International goals[edit]

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[edit]

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, respectivelly, until 2019.^[6]

Honours[edit]

AEK Athens

• Greek Cup: 2001–02

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Bledar Kola at National-Football-Teams.com