Muharrem Sahiti

Muharrem Sahiti (born 10 May 1965) is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player who is currently the sports director of the Kosovo national team.

Sahiti played as a midfielder during his professional careerand began his youth career with Crvena Zvezda Gjilane and later represented the club at senior level, making 32 appearances and scoring 12 goals between 1985 and 1986. He subsequently played for Prishtina before moving abroad to play for Konyaspor, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Thun and Oberneuland, before returning to Gjilani to conclude his playing career. At international level, Sahiti made one appearance for Kosovo in 1993.

After retiring as a player, he began his coaching career with Gjilani and later managed Drita. He then joined the Kosovo national team in various coaching roles, serving as assistant coach, caretaker manager on multiple occasions, and later being appointed sports director in 2021, a position he currently holds.

Club career Sahiti began his playing career at the age of 17 for Crvena Zvezda Gjilane. After three years, he was promoted to the senior team and appeared 32 times, scoring 12 goals. A year later, he was transferred to the Yugoslav First League club Prishtina.

After the political situation in Kosovo deteriorated in 1990, he was transferred to Süper Lig club Konyaspor where he played for two seasons and appeared 48 times, scoring 2 goals. He also played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1992–1997), Thun (1997–1998) and Oberneuland (1998–1999). During the last three years of his career he returned to his former team, Gjilani and in the 1999–2000 season won the Cup and the Supercup.

International career On 1 February 1993, Sahiti received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Albania, 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 appointed Sahiti as caretaker manager. On 8 November 2017, he made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the friendly match against Latvia and he brought three new players as Armend Thaqi, 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.

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