Ardian Kozniku
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 October 1967 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Đakovica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| Vëllaznimi | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Priština | 58 | (17) | ||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Hajduk Split | 98 | (44) | ||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Cannes | 55 | (20) | ||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Le Havre | 30 | (6) | ||||||||
| 1997 | APOEL | 11 | (12) | ||||||||
| 1998 | Bastia | 12 | (5) | ||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Croatia Zagreb | 28 | (5) | ||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Kärnten | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 11 | (2) | ||||||||
| Total | 310 | (111) | |||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1993–2002 | Kosovo | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Croatia | 7 | (2) | ||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Shkëndija | ||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Ardian Kozniku[a] (born 27 October 1967) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker and recently coached FK Shkëndija. He is from Kosovo and is of Albanian descent.
He started his career at KF Vllaznimi from Gjakova and was later picked up by FC Prishtina. He later moved to Croatian side Hajduk Split in 1990 and played there until 1994. He then went on to play for French clubs AS Cannes, Le Havre AC and SC Bastia, as well as Cypriot side APOEL, before making his comeback to Croatia in the summer of 1998, signing with Dinamo Zagreb. After two seasons and a half with Dinamo Zagreb, he made a move to Austrian side FC Kärnten in the winter break of the 2000–01 season and left the club after only six months for Croatian side NK Hrvatski dragovoljac, where he finished his career in 2002.
With Hajduk Split, he was the top goalscorer of the opening season of the Croatian First League in 1992, scoring 12 goals. He scored a total of 45 goals in the league.
He was an occasional member of the Croatian national team in the 1990s, winning 7 international caps and scoring 2 goals. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Slovakia in April 1994 and also made three appearances in Croatia's qualifying campaign for the UEFA Euro 1996, scoring one goal. He was a member of Croatia's bronze medal-winning squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but was left an unused substitute in all of the team's seven matches at the tournament. His last match for Croatia was a friendly against Australia in early June 1998, during the team's preparations for the upcoming World Cup, where he also netted one goal in his team's 7–0 victory. He also played for Kosovo in friendly matches against Albania on 14 February 1993 and again on 7 September 2002 against Albania.[1][2]
Kozniku has served two years as the president of the Croatian Diving Federation.[3] His daughter Diana (born 1995[4]), a diver, placed 11th in 1 m springboard at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships.[3]
In September 2014 Kozniku became a coach of FK Shkëndija.[5]
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 October 1994 | Maksimir, Zagreb |  Lithuania
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Euro 1996 Qualifying | ||
| 2 | 6 June 1998 | Maksimir, Zagreb |  Australia
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Friendly |
Honours
- Hajduk Split
- Croatian First League: 1992, 1993–94
- Croatian Cup: 1993
- Croatian Super Cup: 1992, 1993
- Yugoslav Cup: 1991
- Cannes
- Croatia Zagreb
- Kärnten
- Orders
Notes
| a. | ^ Albanian spelling: Ardian Kozniku, Serbian spelling: Ardijan Kozniku, Ардијан Кознику. |
| b. | ^ Template:Kosovo-note |
References
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (November 2011) |
- ^ 1993 MATCHES at RSSSF
- ^ Kosovo v Albania (2002) at National football teams
- ^ a b "Diana Kozniku: Skakačko čudo s nogometnim genima (VIDEO)". Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ Zadnja, Branko (25 May 2011). "Za juniorsko prvenstvo u skokovima u vodu trenira pet sati dnevno" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Ардијан Кознику – нов тренер на Шкендија". Ekipa.mk. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "PREDSJEDNIK TUDJMAN ODLIKOVAO HRVATSKU NOGOMETNU REPREZENTACIJU" (in Croatian). hrt.hr.
External links
- Ardian Kozniku at National-Football-Teams.com
- Living people
- 1967 births
- People from Gjakova
- Association football forwards
- Yugoslav footballers
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- Croatian sports executives and administrators
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Prishtina players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- APOEL FC players
- AS Cannes players
- Le Havre AC players
- SC Bastia players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- FC Kärnten players
- NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Croatian football managers
- FK Shkëndija managers
- Croatian people of Albanian descent
- Croatian people of Kosovan descent
- Kosovan emigrants to Croatia
- Albanians of Croatia