Kushtrim Munishi

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Kushtrim Munishi
Personal information
Full name Kushtrim Munishi
Date of birth (1973-03-17) 17 March 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Kosovo W U19 (manager)
Kosovo W U17 (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Prishtina 6 (1)
1993 Zagłębie Lubin 11 (0)
1993 Prishtina
1994 DSV Leoben
1995 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1995 Prishtina
1996–1997 Partizani Tirana 7 (1)
1997–1998 DSV Leoben
1999–2000 Prishtina 25 (11)
2000–2003 Besiana 84 (71)
2003–2004 Kosova Prishtinë 33 (21)
2004–2005 Flamurtari 24 (9)
2005 KEK 11 (4)
2006 Gjilani 15 (14)
2006–2007 Hysi 29 (23)
2007–2008 Prishtina (16)
Total 245 (181)
National team
1993 Kosovo 1 (1)
Teams managed
2008–2016 Prishtina (youth)
2016 Prishtina
2017– Kosovo U19 (women's)
2021– Kosovo U17 (women's)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kushtrim Munishi (born 17 March 1973) is a Kosovan Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of women's Kosovo U19 and U17 team.

Playing career[]

Club[]

Kushtrim Munishi started his career in 1990 making his first appearance for FC Prishtina at the age of 17. He made 5 appearances and scored one goal in 1990–91 Yugoslav Second League[1] and one appearance in 1991–92 Yugoslav Second League.[2]

In 1993, he joined Zagłębie Lubin from Poland. From 1993 to 1999, he played for DSV Leoben (and for a brief time in autumn 1997 for ASKOe Gurnitz in Carinthia, both in Austria), Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Bulgaria and Partizani in Albania.

After the end of the war in Kosovo he returned playing initially for FC Prishtina and then for Besiana, KF Kosova (P), Flamurtari, Gjilani and Hysi. In his last season he played for FC Prishtina, and was a crucial player in winning the Champion of Kosovo title.

While playing overseas he was put in the position of midfielder, which was not his natural role; in Kosovo he was a striker.

After 2000, while playing in Kosovo, he was awarded as Best Soccer Player in Kosovo and Best Sportsman and won Best Goal Scoring Award three times.

He retired in 2008 and currently he is the head coach of Kosovo's female national squad in the U-19 and U-16 category.

International[]

On 1 February 1993, Munishi received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania,[3] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 3–1 away defeat.[4]

Coaching career[]

After retiring from football he attended UEFA Coaching License training and obtained a UEFA Pro License. Since 2000 he worked as a coach for U17 and U19 of FC Prishtina and was Direct of Football Academy. In 2016, he became Head Coach of the FC Prishtina Senior team and immediately won the Kosovo Super Cup. In the Superliga of Kosovo he managed his team to six victories and one draw, leading the Kosovo Superliga ranking. Following a disagreement on a professional basis and since he didn't want to work without a professional contract, he left the club.

Since February 2017 he has been Coach for U19 and U16 females at Federation Football of Kosovo. With the U16 generation he won an international tournament in Tallinn, Estonia which became the first ever UEFA tournament won by Kosovo.

References[]

  1. ^ Stats from Yugoslav First and Second Leagues at zerodic.com
  2. ^ Tempo almanah 1991–1992 page 40
  3. ^ "Futbolli 1991–2019, 20 vjet mëvetësim" [Football 1991–2011, 20 years independence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2011. pp. Respectively on pages 64 and 65, contain information about the match and organization.
  4. ^ "International Matches 1993 – Europe, January–March". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 14/02/1993, Tiranë, Dinamo, 14000, Friendly International, ALBANIA–KOSOVA

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