Muharrem Sahiti (born 10 May 1965) is a Kosovan professional

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coach and former player who is the current sports director of Kosovo national team.

Club career

Sahiti began his playing career at the age of 17 for Crvena Zvezda Gjilane. After three years, he was promoted to the senior team and appeared 32 times, scoring 12 goals. A year later, he was transferred to the

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club

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. After the political situation in Kosovo deteriorated in 1990, he was transferred to

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club

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where he played for two seasons and appeared 48 times, scoring 2 goals. He also played for

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(1992–1997),

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(1997–1998) and Oberneuland (1998–1999). During the last three years of his career he returned to his former team, Gjilani and in the 1999–2000 season won the

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and the Supercup.

International career

On 1 February 1993, Sahiti received a call-up from

Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

for a

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against

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, and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.

Managerial career

Kosovo

Second term as caretaker

On 1 November 2017, The

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appointed Sahiti as

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. On 8 November 2017, he made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the

against

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and he brought three new players as

Armend Thaqi Armend Qazim Thaqi (also spelled Thaçi; born 10 October 1992) is a Kosovan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back for Football Superleague of Kosovo, Kosovo Superleague c ...

Faton Maloku Faton Maloku (born 11 June 1991) is a Kosovoan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Kosovo club FC Drita, Drita. Club career Return to Feronikeli On 30 December 2016, Malok ...

and

Suad Sahiti Suad Sahiti (born 6 February 1995) is a Kosovan professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, right winger for Football Superleague of Kosovo, Kosovo Superleague club KF Prishtina e Re, Prishtina e Re. Club care ...

. On 13 November 2017, he made his first match as Kosovo manager with a 4–3 home win against Latvia.

Career statistics

Managerial

Notes and references

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* * * * * 1965 births Living people People from Viti, Kosovo Footballers from the District of Gjilan Kosovan men's footballers Kosovo pre-2014 men's international footballers Kosovan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Germany Men's association football midfielders Football Superleague of Kosovo players SC Gjilani players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players FC Prishtina players Süper Lig players Konyaspor footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Swiss Challenge League players FC Thun players Oberliga (football) players FC Oberneuland players Kosovan football managers SC Gjilani managers FC Drita managers Kosovo national football team managers {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub