Kushtrim Munishi

Kushtrim Munishi

Personal information
Full name	Kushtrim Munishi
Date of birth	(1973-03-17) 17 March 1973
Place of birth	Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Kosovo W U19 (manager) Kosovo W U17 (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Prishtina	6	(1)
1993	Zagłębie Lubin	11	(0)
1993	Prishtina
1994	DSV Leoben
1995	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1995	Prishtina
1996–1997	Partizani Tirana	7	(1)
1997–1998	DSV Leoben
1999–2000	Prishtina	25	(11)
2000–2003	Besiana	84	(71)
2003–2004	Kosova Prishtinë	33	(21)
2004–2005	Flamurtari	24	(9)
2005	KEK	11	(4)
2006	Gjilani	15	(14)
2006–2007	Hysi	29	(23)
2007–2008	Prishtina		(16)
Total		245	(181)
International career
1993	Kosovo	1	(1)
Managerial career
2008–2016	Prishtina (youth)
2016	Prishtina
2017–	Kosovo U19 (women's)
2021–	Kosovo U17 (women's)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kushtrim Munishi (born 17 March 1973) is a Kosovan–Albanian professional football manager and former player who is currently in charge of women's Kosovo U19 and U17 teams.

Playing career

Club

Kushtrim Munishi started his career in 1990 making his first appearance for FC Prishtina at the age of 17. He made 5 appearances and scored one goal in 1990–91 Yugoslav Second League and one appearance in 1991–92 Yugoslav Second League.

In 1993, he joined Zagłębie Lubin from Poland. From 1993 to 1999, he played for DSV Leoben (and for a brief time in autumn 1997 for ASKOe Gurnitz in Carinthia, both in Austria), Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Bulgaria and Partizani in Albania.

After the end of the war in Kosovo he returned playing initially for FC Prishtina and then for Besiana, KF Kosova (P), Flamurtari, Gjilani and Hysi. In his last season he played for FC Prishtina, and was a crucial player in winning the Champion of Kosovo title.

While playing overseas he was put in the position of midfielder, which was not his natural role; in Kosovo he was a striker.

After 2000, while playing in Kosovo, he was awarded as Best Soccer Player in Kosovo and Best Sportsman and won Best Goal Scoring Award three times.

He retired in 2008 and currently he is the head coach of Kosovo's female national squad in the U-19 and U-16 category.

International

On 1 February 1993, Munishi received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania, and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 3–1 away defeat.

Coaching career

After retiring from football, he attended UEFA Coaching License training and obtained a UEFA Pro License. Since 2000, he worked as a coach for Prishtina's youth teams and was the director of their football academy. In 2016, he was appointed manager of Prishtina's senior team, and won the Kosovar Supercup shortly after. He managed his team to six league victories and one draw, leading the Kosovo Superliga ranking. Following a disagreement on a professional basis and since he didn't want to work without a professional contract, he left the club.

Since February 2017, he has been in charge for Kosovo women's U19 and U17 teams. With the U16 generation he won an international tournament in Tallinn, Estonia which became the first ever UEFA tournament won by Kosovo.

Honours

As a player

Prishtina

• Football Superleague of Kosovo: 1991–92, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2007–08
• Kosovar Cup: 1993–94

Besiana

• Football Superleague of Kosovo: 2001–02
• Kosovar Cup: 2001–02
• Kosovar Supercup: 2002

Kosova Prishtinë

• Kosovar Cup: 2003–04

Individual

• Football Superleague of Kosovo top scorer: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07

As a manager

Prishtina

• Kosovar Supercup: 2016

External sources

• Kushtrim Munishi at 90minut.pl (in Polish)