Arsim Abazi

Arsim Abazi
Personal information
Full name	Arsim Abazi
Date of birth	28 November 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Ferizaj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Kosovo U17 (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Sloga Jugomagnat
2000–2001	Vardar
2001–2003	Malatyaspor
2003–2008	Ferizaj
Total
International career
2002–2005	Kosovo
Managerial career
2013	Trepça '89
2014	Ferizaj
2016–2017	Ferizaj
2021–	Kosovo U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arsim Abazi (born 28 November 1972) is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Kosovo national under-17 team.

Club career

In 1997, Abazi was transferred to Macedonian First Football League club Sloga Jugomagnat and appeared 22 times and scored one goal, he besides being was part of Sloga Jugomagnat, he was part even of Macedonian First Football League rivals Vardar (2000–2001) and Malatyaspor (2001–2003).^[2] While, in the last five years of his career he returns to her homeland and joined with Football Superleague of Kosovo club Ferizaj.^[3]

On 7 September 2002, Abazi made his debut with Kosovo in a friendly match against Albania after being named in the starting line-up.^[4]^[5] He was subsequently called up for KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup, held in Northern Cyprus,^[6] and played in both tournament matches against host Northern Cyprus as starter and Sápmi as substitute.^[6]