Sokol Maliqi

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Sokol Maliqi
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-24) 24 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Pristina, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
FC Kosova (Head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 SC Cham 7 (0)
2000–2002 FC Wil 1900 8 (0)
2002–2004 FC Kreuzlingen 38 (15)
2004–2005 SC YF Juventus 16 (9)
2005–2006 FC Wil 1900 30 (18)
2006–2007 FC Luzern 15 (0)
2006–2008 FC Wil 1900 20 (4)
2007–2008FC Vaduz (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2009 FC Biel-Bienne 16 (12)
2009–2010 APEP Pitsilia 22 (2)
2010–2011 FC Kosova 21 (14)
2011–2012 FC Kusnacht 21 (6)
2012–2013 FC Schwamendingen
2013–2015 FC Dübendorf
2016 FC Ruggell
2016–2017 FC Gossau ZH
2018–2020 FC Uzwil 7 (0)
International career
Switzerland U17 4 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2013 FC Schwamendingen (player-coach)
2013–2015 FC Dübendorf (player-coach)
2016–2017 FC Gossau ZH (player-coach)
2018–2020 FC Uzwil
2020– FC Kosova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sokol Maliqi (Serbo-Croat: Sokol Malići; born 24 December 1981) is a football coach and former player who coaches FC Kosova. Born in SFR Yugoslavia, he represented the Switzerland U17 national team at international level.

Playing career[edit]

Maliqi was born in Pristina, Kosovo, at the time SFR Yugoslavia. He played as a forward.

Coaching career[edit]

Maliqi started his coaching career in April 2012 as a player-coach at FC Schwamendingen.[1] On 15 May 2013, it was confirmed, that he would join FC Dübendorf from the upcoming season, also as a player-coach.[2] He left the position two years later[3] and then had a brief spell with FC Ruggell.

In the summer 2016, he joined FC Gossau ZH, still as a player-coach.[4] He left the position at the end of 2017, to become player-coach of FC Uzwil.[5] On 20 April 2020, it was confirmed that Maliqi had been appointed head coach of his former club, FC Kosova.[6]

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