Kristian Kushta (born 16 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece 2 club Iraklis.
Kushta was born in Albania but moved to Greece when he was very young and started his youth career with PAOK FC aged five.
[1] He made it his professional debut under the coach Igor Tudor on 17 December 2015 in a 2015–16 Greek Football Cup match against Olympiacos Volou coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Nikos Syrakos, where the match finished in the 1–1 away draw.
[2] Kushta participated with Albania national under-17 football team in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round in October 2013 under the coach Dzemal Mustedanagić where he managed to appear in all 3 group matches, playing as a substitute in the opening match against Romania U17 replacing Franc Bakalli, then two other matches as a starter to help his side to advance in the next elite round.
[3] His uncle is the former player Sokol Kushta.