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Rigels Qose
Personal information
Full name Rigels Qose
Date of birth (1977-08-03) 3 August 1977 (age 47)
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

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Club

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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

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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

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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

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2002[9]

References

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