Primož Gliha (born 8 October 1967) is a Slovenian professional

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coach and former

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who last managed Kosovo national team as caretaker.

International career

On 3 June 1992, Gliha made his debut with

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in a

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against

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after being named in the starting line-up. On 8 February 1994, he scored his first goal for Slovenia in his third appearance in a 1–0 home win over

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. Gliha also scored a

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on 2 April 1997 in a 3–3 draw against

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in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifications. His last international match was on 14 October 1998 against

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Managerial career

Kosovo

On 22 February 2021, the

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appointed Gliha as the assistant manager of the Kosovo national team. On 19 October 2021, Gliha confirmed through an interview that he would be Kosovo's caretaker manager for the November matches against

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and

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, after the previous manager

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was sacked. On 5 November 2021, he made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the

against Jordan and the

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match against Greece. Five days later, Gliha had his first match as Kosovo manager in a 2–0 home defeat against Jordan.

Personal life

During 1987 and 1988, Gliha was a soldier in the military service in

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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

within the

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. His son Erik Gliha is also a professional footballer.

References

External links

Primož Gliha
at the

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