Muhamed Thaçi (born 30 April 1981), known by his nickname Mujo Thaçi, is a Macedonian-Kosovan Basketball Coach and former professional
basketball
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Swingman
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Basketball
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who last played for
KB Trepça
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in the
Kosovo Basketball Superleague
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.
Professional career
In October 2007, Thaçi signed with
Úrvalsdeild karla club
Stjarnan
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Basketball Men's basketball
As of the 2017–2 ...
. He was released by the club in November the same year. In four games, he averaged 15.5 points per game while making 47.5% of his three point shots.
Coaching career
Dinamo Tbilisi (2019–2021)
On August 26, 2019, Thaçi became the head coach of
Dinamo Tbilisi
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of the
Georgian Superliga
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.
Rahoveci (2022)
On August 13, 2022, Thaçi became the head coach of
Rahoveci of the
Kosovo Superleague.
National team career
Thaçi was part of the
Kosovo national team in a tournament in
Alexandria
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in 2005 where he played against
Egypt
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and
Romania
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.
References
Further reading
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1981 births
Living people
Albanians in North Macedonia
Basketball players from Skopje
Macedonian men's basketball players
Kosovan men's basketball players
Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Hungary
Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Iceland
Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Israel
Kosovan expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Small forwards
Shooting guards
Stjarnan men's basketball players
Alba Fehérvár players
Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
KB Mabetex players
KK Lirija players
KB Trepça players
OGM Ormanspor players
KK MZT Skopje players
KB Peja players
KB Prishtina players
KB Drita players
Kosovan basketball coaches
BC Dinamo Tbilisi coaches
KB Rahoveci coaches