Albanian footballer

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

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Playing career
  • 2.1 Club
  • 2.2 International
  • 2.3 National team statistics
  • 2.4 International goals
• 3 Managerial career
• 4 Honours
• 5 References
• 6 External links

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 . In January 2003, Kola was sacked by Kallithea after failing a doping test.

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. His final international was a March 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification against England in Tirana.

National team statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kola goal.

Managerial career

Kola took temporary charge at AEK Athens in August 2010 and was named full-time manager of Apollon Smyrni in July 2012. He also coached Panargiakos and was *istant at Panathinaikos and later to AEK manager Marinos Ouzounidis until they were both dismissed in 2019.

Honours

AEK Athens

• Greek Cup: 2001–02

References

External links

• Bledar Kola at National-Football-Teams.com