Ilir Selmani (born 9 January 1978) is a Kosovar basketball coach and former player. He was the head coach of

KB Trepça Klubi i Basketbollit Trepça is a professional basketball club based in Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club competes domestically in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and Kosovo Cup (basketball), Kosovo Cup and internationally in the Fiba Europe Cup. Tr ...

of the

Kosovo Basketball Superleague The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ProCredit Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991 ...

and was an assistant coach to the

Kosovo men's national basketball team The Kosovo men's national basketball team (, ) represents Kosovo in international basketball. They are controlled by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo, the governing body for basketball in Kosovo. Kosovo has been a member of FIBA since 13 Mar ...

Professional playing career

Ilir Selmani started his career at his hometown club

Trepça Trepca ( / ''Trepča'', ) may refer to: * Trepça Mines, an industrial complex in Mitrovica, Kosovo * KB Trepça, a basketball club in Mitrovica founded in 1947 * KF Trepça, a football club in Mitrovica founded in 1932 * KH Trepça, a handball clu ...

. He played his entire career for Trepça in the

. He won the Kosovo Basketball Superleague in 2001 and the Kosovo Cup in 2004.

Coaching career

He was the head coach of KB Trepça in 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2019. During the finals of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague in 2023 Trepça’s head coach Engin Gençoglu was sacked. Therefore, Ilir Selmani took care of the squad but failed to win the finals. Furthermore, he is active as a scout for young players in the Trepça academy.

National team coaching career

In 2015 he was hired as the head coach of the Kosovo men's U-20 team. In 2018 he became the assistant coach of the

until 2019. In 2023, Rami Hadar named him as an assistant coach for the

References

External links

Eurobasket profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Selmani, Ilir 1978 births Living people Kosovan men's basketball players Kosovan basketball coaches Kosovo national basketball team coaches Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players from Mitrovica, Kosovo KB Trepça players KB Trepça coaches