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Kuqi monster lined up for Newcastle?

February 9th, 2011 | 31 Comments |

Shefki Kuqi
Belly flopster.
Shefki Kuqi joins Jermaine Aliadiere and Ewerthon as a potential striking option for Newcastle United.

Finnish striker Shefki Kuqi is the latest free agent to be linked with a short-term contract at Newcastle to provide front line support until the end of the season.

The chunky 6ft 2in, 34 year old striker has done a recent stint with Swansea scoring 5 goals in 20 games for them before being loaned out to Derby County where he picked up 2 goals in 12 games.

He’s also played for Stockport County, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers, Crystal Palace, Fulham, TuS Koblenz and a few Finnish teams early on in his career. Kuqi has played for Finland 62 times and has scored 7 goals, although he is not in the Finland squad for their upcoming game against Belgium.

Kuqi’s career totals have him on 147 goals in 512 appearances, which is only a 29% strike rate although at 34 he does undoubtedly have a lot of experience. (more…)