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

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 The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

club

Prishtina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

and appeared 43 times and scored 13 goals, but after the situation in Kosovo deteriorated in 1990, he was transferred to

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

club

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

and appeared 43 times and scored 13 goals. He besides being was part of Konyaspor, he was part even of

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

(1992–1997),

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(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

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and the Supercup.

International career

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

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 ...

for a

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

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

Managerial career

Kosovo

Second term as caretaker

On 1 November 2017, The

Football Federation of Kosovo The Football Federation of Kosovo ( sq, Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës; FFK) is the governing body of football in Kosovo, with headquarters in Pristina. The Football Federation of Kosovo was established in 1946 as a branch of the Football Associ ...

appointed Sahiti as caretaker manager. On 8 November 2017, he made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the

against Latvia and he brought three new players as

Armend Thaqi Armend Qazim Thaqi, also spelled Thaçi, (born 10 October 1992) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kosovo Superleague club Ballkani and the Kosovo national team. Club career Prishtina On 22 June 2013, Thaqi signed ...

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

Career statistics

Managerial

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* * * * * 1965 births Living people People from Viti, Kosovo 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