Muharrem Sahiti
.jpg) Muharrem Sahiti, 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muharrem Sahiti | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitina, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kosovo (sports director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1985 | Crvena Zvezda Gjilane | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1986 | Crvena Zvezda Gjilane | 32 | (12) |
| 1986–1990 | Prishtina | 43 | (13) |
| 1990–1992 | Konyaspor | 48 | (2) |
| 1992–1997 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| 1997–1998 | Thun | ||
| 1998–1999 | Oberneuland | ||
| 1999–2002 | Gjilani | ||
| Total | 123 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Kosovo | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Gjilani | ||
| 2004–2005 | Drita | ||
| 2005–2006 | Kosovo | ||
| 2007–2009 | Gjilani | ||
| 2009–2017 | Kosovo (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Kosovo (caretaker) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Kosovo (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Kosovo (caretaker)[a] | ||
| 2021– | Kosovo (sports director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Muharrem Sahiti (born 10 May 1965) is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player who is the current sports director of Kosovo national team.
Club career
[edit]Sahiti at the age of 17, he started playing football in Crvena Zvezda Gjilane, where after three years he was promoted to the senior team and appeared 32 times and scored 12 goals. One year later after good performances with Crvena Zvezda Gjilane, he was transferred to Yugoslav First League club Prishtina and appeared 43 times and scored 13 goals, but after the situation in Kosovo deteriorated in 1990, he was transferred to Süper Lig club Konyaspor and appeared 43 times and scored 13 goals. He besides being was part of Konyaspor, he was part even of Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1992–1997), Thun (1997–1998) and Oberneuland (1998–1999). While, in the last three years of his career he returned to his former team, Gjilani and in the 1999–2000 season won the Cup and the Supercup.
International career
[edit]On 1 February 1993, Sahiti received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania,[1] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[2]
Managerial career
[edit]Kosovo
[edit]Second term as caretaker
[edit]On 1 November 2017, The Football Federation of Kosovo appointed Sahiti as caretaker manager.[3] On 8 November 2017, he made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the friendly match against Latvia and he brought three new players as Armend Thaqi, Faton Maloku and Suad Sahiti.[4] On 13 November 2017, he made his first match as Kosovo manager with a 4–3 home win against Latvia.
Career statistics
[edit]Managerial
[edit]- As of 18 November 2020[5]
| Team | As | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
 Kosovo
|
Manager | 2005 | 2006 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 |
| Caretaker | 1 November 2017 | 2 March 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Caretaker[a] | 11 November 2020 | 18 November 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 | |
| Total | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 57.14 | |||
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ On 11 November 2020, Bernard Challandes was tested positive with COVID-19 and Sahiti was named as his replacement for the November 2020 matches.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "International Matches 1993 – Europe, January–March". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
14/02/1993, Tiranë, Dinamo, 14000, Friendly International, ALBANIA–KOSOVA
- ^ "Kosova në dorë të Muharremit" [Kosovo in the hands of Muharrem]. Zeri.info (in Albanian). 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Sahiti publikoi listën e futbollistëve për miqësoren me Letoninë" [Sahiti published the list of footballers for the friendly match with Latvia] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Muharrem Sahiti". EU-football.info. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Njoftim nga FFK" [Notice from FFK] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 11 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Muharrem Sahiti player profile at Soccerway
- Muharrem Sahiti coach profile at Soccerway
- Muharrem Sahiti player profile at National-Football-Teams.com
- Muharrem Sahiti coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
- Muharrem Sahiti manager profile at EU-Football.info
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