Nedžat Šabani (; ; born 11 November 1963)"Asovi YU-Fudbala" page 92 is a

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manager and former striker of

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descent.

Club career

After playing initially with

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in the

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, he went on during the mid-1980s to several

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clubs in order to gain more experience, such were Liria Prizren,

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and Proleter Zrenjanin. He then also played with third-level side Metalurg Skopje which was at time rising to become in the flowing decade a regular participant in the Macedonian top-league. He then moved to Turkey and played in the

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one season with

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(1992/93), and another with

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(1993/94).

Managerial career

He started coaching Sloga Jugomagnat in March 2002 after the departure of the main coach

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whose Šabani was working with as assistant manager. Once Jovanovski left to Turkey to coach Sansunspor, the Renova direction board decided to give a chance to Šabani to demonstrate his skills as main coach. He would resign in late October that year. Šabani later coached Renova from July 2008 till November 2010. What he became best known was by taking the relatively unknown village club to win the

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.Nedzat Sabani profile
at Soccerway In October 2011 Šabani was appointed as the main coach of

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.Nedzat Shabani named as Shkendija manager
at macedonianfootball.com 10-10-2011

Honours

As coach: ;Renova *

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: 2009–10

References

1963 births Living people Albanians in North Macedonia Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Macedonian men's footballers FK Vardar players KF Liria Prizren players FK Belasica players FK Proleter Zrenjanin players FK Metalurg Skopje players Sarıyer S.K. footballers Kayserispor footballers Yugoslav First League players Süper Lig players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Macedonian football managers FK Sloga Jugomagnat managers KF Bashkimi (1947–2008) managers KF Renova managers KF Shkëndija managers {{NorthMacedonia-footy-bio-stub